40. Office of the Director of Music, “Preludial Music & Texts of the Anthems, Hymns & Solos Performed During the Funeral Service for Ronald Wilson Reagan at Washington National Cathedral,” Washington National Cathedral, June 10, 2004.
41. Robert Higdon, in discussion with the author, May 30, 2014.
42. Linda Bond, in discussion with the author, April 15, 2014.
43. Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago, 1918–1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation III–IV (New York: Harper & Row, 1975), 615.
44. Washington National Cathedral (cathedral.org), “Cathedral Timeline,” www.cathedral.org/about/timeline.shtml.
45. Nps.gov, “National Cathedral,” www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc5.htm.
46. Jeff Zeleny, “Reagan Laid to Rest,” Chicago Tribune, June 12, 2004, 1.
47. Linda Bond, in discussion with the author, April 15, 2014.
48. Bob Dole, in discussion with the author.
49. Richard N. Ostling, “Scholar Says Ronald Reagan’s Religion Was Strongly Evident, but Ambiguity Remains,” Associated Press, June 10, 2004.
50. Jeff Wilson and Calvin Woodward, “Homage and Song Form a Lingering Goodbye for Reagan,” Associated Press, June 11, 2004.
51. Hanna Rosin, “John Danforth, Churchman for a State Occasion,” Washington Post, June 11, 2004, C1.
52. David Von Drehle, “Reagan Hailed as Leader for ’the Ages,’ ” Washington Post, June 12, 2004, A1.
53. Rick Ahearn, in discussion with the author, March 25, 2014.
54. Tom Shales, “Moving Pictures of a Stately Send-Off,” Washington Post, June 12, 2004, C1.
55. Carrie Kepple, “Eureka Trio to Attend Private Burial,” Peoria (IL) Journal Star, June 11, 2004, A15.
56. Rick Ahearn, in discussion with the author, March 25, 2014.
57. Charlie Rose, “An Hour with Hillary Rodham Clinton, Former Secretary Of State,” PBS, July 16, 2014, www.charlierose.com/watch/60419259.
58. Linda Bond, in discussion with the author, April 15, 2014.
59. Cal Thomas,” Reagan Replaced Despair With Hope Former President Was Eternal Optimist,” Spokesman Review (WA), June 8, 2004, 4.
60. John 11:25.
61. Von Drehle, “Reagan Hailed as Leader for ’the Ages.’ ”
62. Ibid.
63. Matt. 5:14 KJV.
64. Isa. 40:30–31.
65. Margaret Thatcher, “Eulogy for President Reagan,” Margaret Thatcher Foundation, June 11, 2004, www.margaretthatcher.org/document/110360.
66. Ibid.
67. Ibid.
68. Ibid.
69. Robert Higdon, in discussion with the author, May 30, 2014.
70. Rick Ahearn, in discussion with the author, March 25, 2014.
71. Washington Post, “Text of Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney Eulogy of Former President Reagan,” June 11, 2004, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34365–2004Jun11.html.
72. Ibid.
73. Associated Press, “Text of George Bush Tribute to Reagan,” June 11, 2004.
74. Ibid.
75. Washington Post, “Transcript: President Bush Eulogizes Ronald Reagan,” June 11, 2004, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34393–2004Jun11.html.
76. Ibid.
77. Ibid.
78. Rick Ahearn, in discussion with the author, March 25, 2014.
79. Washington National Cathedral, “About the Cathedral’s Carillon,” www.nationalcathedral.org/arts/carillonHistory.shtml.
80. Jeremiah Marquez, “Thousands Endure Hours to Pay Respects to Ronald Reagan,” Associated Press, June 9, 2004.
81. Tony Dolan, in discussion with the author, April 1, 2014.
82. Roxanne Roberts, “The Gipper’s Team,” Washington Post, June 12, 2004, C1.
83. Ronald Reagan, “Remarks at the Biennial Convention of the National Federation of Republican Women in Louisville, Kentucky,” October 7, 1983, www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1983/100783d.htm.
84. John Balzar, “Laffer Learning the Economics of Seeking Office,” Los Angeles Times, April 24, 1986, 3.
85. Jon Margolis, “Reagan Revolution Stronger Now than During Presidency,” Chicago Tribune, June 6, 2004, 1.
86. Ibid.
87. Ibid.
88. Miami Herald, “Reagan on the Money,” June 13, 2004, 4L.
89. Jim Abrams, “Reagan Supporters Want to See Their Hero on U.S. Money,” Associated Press, June 8, 2004.
90. Jennifer Harper and William Glanz, “Naming Efforts Get Renewed Push,” Washington Times, June 9, 2004, A10.
91. Donald Lambro and Ralph Z. Hallow, “He Lifted Up the World,” Washington Times, June 12, 2004, A1.
92. Ibid.
93. Mark Shields, “Reagan’s Fairness Legacy,” Washington Post, June 12, 2004, A21.
94. Joanne Drake, in discussion with the author, March 19, 2014.
95. Ibid.
96. Michele Woodward, in discussion with the author, March 26, 2014.
97. Mark Weinberg, in discussion with the author, April 4, 2014.
98. Michele Woodward, in discussion with the author, March 26, 2014.
99. Jeff Wilson and Calvin Woodward, “Homage And Song Form a Lingering Goodbye for Reagan,” Associated Press, June 11, 2004.
100. Don Michael Randel, ed., The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996), 235.
CHAPTER 9 “SIGNAL: RAWHIDE’S LAST ARRIVAL”
1. David Von Drehle, “Reagan Hailed as Leader for ’the Ages,’ ” Washington Post, June 12, 2004, A1.
2. John Barletta, Riding with Reagan: From the White House to the Ranch (New York: Citadel, 2005), 234, 232.
3. Military District of Washington, “Military Honors for Former Presidents,” http://mdwhome.mdw.army.mil/militaryhforfpresi.htm.
4. Memorandum, “The State Funeral of President Ronald Reagan,” June 11, 2004, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
5. Jim Hooley, in discussion with the author, December 5, 2014.
6. Ronald Reagan, The Reagan Diaries, ed. Douglas Brinkley (New York: HarperCollins, 2007), 107.
7. Vincent J. Schodolski and Michael Martinez, “As Sun Sets, Last Respects Paid to 40th President,” Chicago Tribune, June 12, 2004, 19.
8. Patti Davis, The Long Goodbye (New York: Knopf, 2011), 197.
9. Calvin Woodward and Jeff Wilson, “Private Moments Mark End of Weeklong Reagan Tribute,” Associated Press, June 12, 2004.
10. Nielsen Media Research, “Big-Ticket TV, By the Numbers,” Washington Post, April 29, 2011, C4.
11. Lou Cannon, in discussion with the author, March 27, 2014.
12. Memorandum by Sue Tatangelo, 3, June, 2004, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
13. Lou Cannon, in discussion with the author, March 27, 2014.
14. Fred Ryan, in discussion with the author.
15. Gail Shister, “Network Anchors See Excess in Reagan Funeral Coverage,” Philadelphia Inquirer, June 8, 2004, E1.
16. Ibid.
17. Dallas Morning News, June 11, 2004, 31A.
18. Hank Stuever, “Weathering Reagan: A Low in the ’80s,” Washington Post, June 12, 2004, C1.
19. Jose Antonio Vargas, “Gays Recall a Silent Great Communicator,” Washington Post, June 13, 2004, D1.
20.
David Segal, “Pop’s Reagan Record: Sound & Fury,” Washington Post, June 13, 2004, D1.
21. Ronald Reagan, “Inaugural Address,” January 20, 1981, www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1981/12081a.htm.
22. Donald Lambro and Ralph Z. Hallow, “He Lifted Up the World,” Washington Times, June 12, 2004, A1.
23. Peoria (IL) Journal Star, “Tonight’s Television/Friday, June 11,” June 11, 2004, C8.
24. David Nyhan, “The ’Don’t Blame Me’ President,” Boston Globe, December 28, 1988, 11.
25. Cal Thomas, “Reagan Replaced Despair with Hope Former President Was Eternal Optimist,” Spokesman Review (WA), June 8, 2004, 4.
26. Memorandum, “The State Funeral of President Ronald Reagan,” June 11, 2004, 16–17, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
27. Memorandum, “28000 DC to CA Final Manifest,” June 11, 2004, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
28. Memorandum, “The State Funeral of President Ronald Reagan,” June 11, 2004, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
29. Joanne Drake, in discussion with the author, March 19, 2014.
30. Letter from Fess and Marcy Parker to Joanne Drake, Fespar Enterprises, June 18, 2004, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
31. Jim Lake, in discussion with the author, September 24, 2014.
32. Ibid.
33. Woodward and Wilson, “Private Moments Mark End of Weeklong Reagan Tribute.”
34. Letter from John I. Moseley, M.D. to Michael Reagan, Yellowstone Neurosurgical Associates, September 29, 2004, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
35. Davis, The Long Goodbye, 197.
36. Lowell Ponte, “Memories of William F. Buckley Jr.,” Newsmax.com, February 28, 2008, www.newsmax.com/LowellPonte/William-Buckley/2008/02/28/id/323027/.
37. Jerry McDowell, “My Cafeteria Chat with a Longshot Reagan,” Peoria Journal Star, June 12, 2004, B1.
38. Jim Hooley, in discussion with the author, March 7, 2014.
39. Memorandum, “Condolence Notes, Letters, Card to NR,” June 2004, Scrapbooks, Funeral Boxes, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
40. Rich Little, in discussion with the author.
41. Memorandum, “Condolence Notes, Letters, Card to NR,” June 2004, Scrapbooks, Funeral Boxes, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
42. Ibid.
43. Memorandum, “Reagan Funeral Gifts,” Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
44. Ibid.
45. Ibid.
46. Ibid.
47. Barletta, Riding with Reagan, 233.
48. Jim Hooley, in discussion with the author, December 5, 2014.
49. Ibid.
50. Memorandum, “The State Funeral of President Ronald Reagan,” June 11, 2004, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
51. Jim Hooley, in discussion with the author, December 5, 2014.
52. Michael Astor, “US Aircraft Carrier Crews Pays Tribute to Ronald Reagan,” Associated Press, June 11, 2004.
53. Associated Press, “Lights of Las Vegas Strip to Dim to Honor Ronald Reagan,” June 11, 2004.
54. Vincent J. Schodolski and Michael Martinez, “As Sun Sets, Last Respects Paid to 40th President,” Chicago Tribune, June 12, 2004, 19.
55. Jim Hooley, in discussion with the author, December 5, 2014.
56. Associated Press, “Text of Remarks by Patti Davis at Father’s Burial Service,” June 11, 2004.
57. Patti Davis, “The Gemstones of Our Years,” Newsweek, June 14, 2004, 42.
58. Associated Press, “Text of Michael Reagan’s Remarks at Father’s Burial Service,” June 12, 2004.
59. Associated Press, “Text of Ron Reagan Jr.’s Remarks,” June 12, 2004.
60. Ibid.
61. Associated Press, “Text of Remarks by Patti Davis at Father’s Burial Service.”
62. Patti Davis, “One Woman’s Travels with Alzheimer’s,” Time, October 25, 2010, http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2025638,00.html.
63. Associated Press, “Text of Michael Reagan’s Remarks at Father’s Burial Service.”
64. Associated Press, “Text of Ron Reagan Jr.’s Remarks.”
65. Dennis LeBlanc, in discussion with the author, May 31, 2012.
66. Ibid.
67. Dennis LeBlanc, in discussion with the author.
68. Jim Hooley, in discussion with the author, August 1, 2013.
69. Auxiliary, “Three-Rifle Volley and 21-Gun Salute,” May 2013, 32.
70. Military District of Washington, “Military Honors for Former Presidents,” http://mdwhome.mdw.army.mil/militaryhforfpresi.htm.
71. Mimi Swartz, “The Witness,” Texas Monthly, November 2003, www.texasmonthly.com/story/witness?fullpage=1.
72. Fred Ryan, in discussion with the author, July 31, 2013.
73. Michael Martinez, “40th President’s Lofty Burial Site Boasts Expansive View,” Chicago Tribune, June 11, 2004, 18.
74. Lou Cannon, “Five Presidents and a Place in History,” Washington Post, November 5, 1991, B1.
75. Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library, “Oval Office,” www.reaganfoundation.org/DETAILS_F.ASPX?P=LM2022EXPG&H1=7&H2=3&LM=LIBRARYANDMUSEUM&ARGS_A=CMS&ARGS_B=32&ARGSB=N&TX=15&SW=15.
76. Martinez, “40th President’s Lofty Burial Site Boasts Expansive View.”
77. Associated Press, “Congress Mourns, Remembers Reagan with Resolutions in Tribute,” June 9, 2004.
78. History, Art & Archives: United States House of Representatives, “Rankin, Jeannette,” http://history.house.gov/People/Listing/R/RANKIN,-Jeannette-(R000055)/.
79. David Von Drehle, “Reagan Hailed as Leader for ’the Ages,’ ” Washington Post, June 12, 2004, A1.
80. Margaret Thatcher, “Eulogy for President Reagan,” Margaret Thatcher Foundation, June 11, 2004, www.margaretthatcher.org/document/110360.
81. Tom Shales, “Moving Pictures of a Stately Send-Off,” Washington Post, June 12, 2004, C1.
82. Associated Press, “Text of Mulroney’s Tribute to Reagan,” June 11, 2004.
83. Ronald Reagan, “Announcement of Alzheimer’s Disease,” November 5, 1994, http://reagan2020.us/speeches/announcement_of_alzheimers.asp.
84. Psalm 121:1 ASV.
85. Robert W. Service, The Collected Verse of Robert Service (Boston: Digireads, 1960), 112.
86. Associated Press, “Text of Ron Reagan Jr.’s Remarks.”
87. Patti Davis, The Long Goodbye (New York: Knopf, 2011), xvi.
88. Amanda Covarrubias, “Reagan Grave Draws Crowd,” Los Angeles Times, June 15, 2004, 5.
89. Fred Ryan, in discussion with the author, March 5, 2014.
90. Fred Ryan, in discussion with the author.
91. Gary Foster, in discussion with the author, November 3, 2014.
92. Memorandum by Duke Blackwood, “Entire Timeline Done in Pacific Standard Time,” May 23, 2004, 20, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
93. Jim Hooley, in discussion with the author, March 7, 2014.
94. Gary Foster, in discussion with the author, November 3, 2014.
95. Rick Ahearn, in discussion with the author.
96. Gary Foster, in discussion with the author, November 3, 2014.
97. Jim Hooley, in discussion with the author, October 30
, 2014.
98. Ronald Reagan, “Announcement of Alzheimer’s Disease,” November 5, 1994, http://reagan2020.us/speeches/announcement_of_alzheimers.asp.
99. Jim Hooley, in discussion with the author.
100. Gary Foster, in discussion with the author, November 3, 2014.
101. Jim Hooley, in discussion with the author, October 30, 2014.
102. John McKnight and Peter Block, The Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods (ReadHowYouWant.com, 2011), 205.
103. William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of Richard the Second,” Act 4, Scene 1, in Isaac Reed, ed., The Plays of William Shakespeare (Boston: Charles Willliams, 1813).
CHAPTER 10 A PRAYER IN SPRING
1. Calvin Woodward and Jeff Wilson, “Private Moments Mark End of Weeklong Reagan Tribute,” Associated Press, June 12, 2004.
2. Ibid.
3. Jeff Wilson, “Reagan’s Death Brings Tributes from World Leaders, Ordinary Folk,” Associated Press, June 6, 2004.
4. Ryan Pearson, “Reagan’s Body Entombed at Calif. Library,” Associated Press, June 13, 2004.
5. Ibid.
6. Duke Blackwood, “Entire Timeline Done in Pacific Standard Time,” May 25, 2004, 25, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
7. Strathearn Historical Park & Museum, “History of Simi Valley,” www.simihistory.com/#!history/c161y.
8. Rick Callahan, Associated Press, “Study Finds Gene Changes in Aging Brains,” Washington Times, June 10, 2004, A6.
9. Donald Lambro, “Lambro: Misreading Reagan,” Washington Times, January 18, 2011, www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/18/misreading-reagan/.
10. Fred Ryan, in discussion with the author, July 31, 2013.
11. Michael K. Deaver, Nancy: A Portrait of My Years with Nancy Reagan (New York: William Morrow, 2004), 174–5.
12. Ibid.
13. Mike Allen, “Sky’s No Limit,” Washington Post, June 13, 2004, D1.
14. U.S. Energy Information Administration, “Weekly U.S. All Grades All Formulations Retail Gasoline Prices (Dollars per Gallon),” www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=EMM_EPM0_PTE_NUS_DPG&f=W.
15. Patti Davis, The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us: Prominent Women Discuss the Complex, Humorous, and Ultimately Loving Relationships They Have with Their Mothers (New York: Hay House, 2009), 7.
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