"National Day of Mourning"

[trotsky]

Pardon my ignorance, but has there ever been a "National Day of Mourning" declared for any other deceased president?

[Kikosexy2]

1. Probably for Kennedy??...

anyone??

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

9. I believe November 25, 1963 was a national day of

mourning for JFK. I could be wrong, I was only 10 years old at the time, but I do remember everything about that particular weekend quite vividly.

[evil_orange_cat]

2. I dunno...

it's going to be a celebration day for me :toast: :toast:

[cmf]

3. I'm pretty sure Clinton called one in Nixon's honor

He is the only other president to die during my lifetime.

edited for typo

[NeonLX]

4. OT--love your avatar symbol...

Might have to stop by and pick me up some Summit IPA on the way home...

[trotsky]

6. Thanks!

If you haven't already, try their Grand Pilsner. It came darn close to replacing EPA as my favorite beer.

[NeonLX]

10. Thanks for the tip.

I also down a lot of stuff from Schell's. But I'm ticked at them for discontinuing Schmaltz's Alt.

[trotsky]

15. Try Schell's Caramel Bock

You might be more willing to forgive them. :)

[Jacobin]

I'll be partying in New Orleans

In protest

[a_random_joel]

5. Not National... but I hear in Alaska,

there is a night of morning.

Ba-dum-bump!

[BlueJazz]

7. How can there be a "National day of Morning".....I thought

...that "Morning" is from 12:00 AM to 11:59 AM

tsk, tsk....stupid Freepers.

[LibDemAlways]

8. November 25, 1963

was a national day of mourning and the day of JFK's funeral -a sitting President felled by an assassin. Reagan was a 93-year-old Alzheimer's patient, long absent from the political scene. Certainly worthy of a dignified farewell - but a "state" funeral with mega-hoopla. It's unseemly and unnecessary.

[Leilani]

11. LBJ got a state funeral with mega-hoopla

& he was a war criminal, just like the other Texan in the WH!

[Kikosexy2]

12. pompous...

Repubic grandstanding that's all. It's sickening as it is right now and will be even more so on that day! Uuuggggghhhh!!!

[VolcanoJen]

13. April 27, 1994 - National Day of Mourning for Richard M. Nixon

Declared by Clinton.

[goodhue]

14. Yes, repeatedly

Clinton proclaimed national day of mourning for Nixon in 1994.

http://www.uhuh.com/laws/donncoll/eo/1994/P6677.TXT

Nixon declared national days of mourning for Johnson in 1973 and for Truman in 1972

[trotsky]

16. OK, if there is precedent then.

Thanks for the info, everyone!