State funeral Facts for Kids

Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States, lying in state in the United States Capitol Rotunda as spectators and mourners file past his flag draped casket on June 10, 2004.

A state funeral is a public funeral ceremony which is made for people who died that were very important in their country. Usually with a state funeral, there also comes a day where everyone mourns the person who died.

Often, state funerals are given to royal or political people such as Presidents, Prime Ministers, Dictators, Governors, Mayors, Senators, or Vice Presidents. Military people and people who are famous for other reasons sometimes have a state funeral.

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State funeral of Néstor Kirchner at Casa Rosada.
State funeral of José Alencar, former Vice President of Brazil, at the Planalto Palace, Brasília.
The state funeral procession of B. J. Habibie at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery, Jakarta on the 12th of September 2019
Pompa Funebris Albert VII
Funeral cortege of President Urho Kekkonen in Helsinki, 1986
The House of the Unions in Moscow
The funeral procession of Henri Guisan in Lausanne (1960).
A drawing depicting the funeral cortege of Richard II of England leaving Pontefract Castle, 1468.
A drawing by William Camden depicting the funeral cortège of Queen Elizabeth I of England, 1603.
A drawing by Sebastián Muñoz depicting the lying in state of Queen Maria Luisa of Spain, 1689.
The funeral train of Abraham Lincoln departing Washington, D.C., en route to Springfield, Illinois, for interment, 1865.
A drawing depicting Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession in New York City en route from Washington D.C. to Springfield, Illinois, 1865.
The funeral procession of Thomas D'Arcy McGee during his state funeral in Ottawa, Canada, 1868.
The funeral procession of Edward VII of the United Kingdom in London, 1910.
The funeral procession of Liliuokalani in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1917.
The lying in state of Italian tenor Enrico Caruso at the Church San Francisco de Paulo in Naples, 1921.
A limbers and caissons carrying the remains of Warren G. Harding at the North Portico entrance of the White House before its procession down Pennsylvania Avenue en route to the United States Capitol Building, 1923.
The funeral procession for Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in Tokyo, 1943.
A caisson carrying the remains of Franklin D. Roosevelt proceeds down Pennsylvania Avenue towards the United States Capitol, 1945.
A funeral parade of Marshal Mannerheim in Helsinki, Finland, on February 4, 1951. Helsinki Lutheran Cathedral on the background.
The funeral procession of former Argentinian First Lady Eva Peron, 1952.
The remains of John F. Kennedy lying in repose in the East Room of the White House, 1963.
The caparisoned, riderless horse named "Black Jack" during a departure ceremony held at the United States Capitol Building in conjunction with the state funeral of John F. Kennedy, 1963.
Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy seen following Jacqueline Kennedy as she leaves the United States Capitol with John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Caroline Kennedy, after viewing the lying in state of John F. Kennedy, 1963.
The remains of Dwight D. Eisenhower being carried down the center steps of the east front of the United States Capitol Building by honor guards, 1969.
The funeral cortège of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother proceeds from the Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey, 2002.
A caisson carrying the remains of Ronald Reagan down Constitution Avenue en route to the United States Capitol, 2004.
The caparisoned, riderless horse named Sergeant York during the ceremonial funeral procession of Ronald Reagan, with a ceremonial sword attached to the saddle and a pair of the president's boots reversed in the stirrups, 2004.
A locomotive carrying the remains of George H. W. Bush en route to the College Station, 2018.

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