![]() Ronald Reagan's remains lie in state in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol. | |
Date | June 9–11, 2004 (state funeral) June 5–July 3, 2004 (mourning period) |
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Location | Capitol Rotunda, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. |
Coordinates | 34°15′32″N 118°49′14″W / 34.25899°N 118.82043°W |
Participants | Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton George W. Bush Dick Cheney Members of the 108th United States Congress Margaret Thatcher Mikhail Gorbachev Brian Mulroney |
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Personal life 33rd Governor of California
40th President of the United States Legacy
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On June 5, 2004, Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, died after having Alzheimer's disease for over a decade. Reagan was the first former U.S. president to die in 10 years since Richard Nixon in 1994. At the age of 93 years, 120 days, Reagan was the longest-lived U.S. president in history at the time of his death, a record which was surpassed by Gerald Ford on November 12, 2006. His seven-day state funeral followed. After Reagan's death, his body was taken from his Bel Air home to the Kingsley and Gates Funeral Home in Santa Monica, California, to prepare the body for burial. On June 7, Reagan's casket was transported by hearse and displayed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, then flown to Washington, D.C., on June 9 for a service, public viewing and tributes at the U.S. Capitol.
After lying in state for 34 hours in the Capitol rotunda, a state funeral service was conducted at the Washington National Cathedral on June 11, the day when President George W. Bush declared a national day of mourning. Later that day, after the service, Reagan's casket was transported back to California for interment at the Reagan Presidential Library. The state funeral was executed by the Military District of Washington (MDW). Reagan was the first former U.S. president to die in the 21st century.
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