Death and state funeral of Richard Nixon Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Lying in repose=== [[File:Presidents at the funeral of President Richard Nixon.jpg|thumb|Nixon's funeral on April 27, 1994, was attended by President [[Bill Clinton]] and First Lady [[Hillary Clinton]], accompanied by former U.S. Presidents (right to left) [[Gerald Ford]], [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[George H. W. Bush]], with [[Betty Ford]], [[Rosalynn Carter]], [[Nancy Reagan]] and [[Barbara Bush]] respectively.]] Carried by eight military [[pallbearer]]s representing all branches of the [[United States military]], Nixon's body was placed in the library lobby and lay in repose from the afternoon of Tuesday, April 26 to the afternoon of Wednesday, April 27.<ref name="nl"/> Despite severe rain, police estimated that roughly 50,000 people waited in lines up to 18 hours to walk past the casket and pay their respects.<ref name="nl"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page