Planned events for Reagan state funeral

updated 5:36 p.m. ET June 6, 2004

Joanne Drake, a spokeswoman for the Reagan family, released the following schedule of events for the funeral of President Reagan, who died on Saturday:

MONDAY:
10 a.m. PT: Reagan family motorcade and hearse leave Santa Monica funeral home en route to Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley.
11 a.m. PT: Reagan family private ceremony at library.
12 p.m. PT: Reagan lies in repose at the library’s main lobby for public closed casket visitation which continues through the night. Buses will transfer visitors from Moorpark College in nearby Moorpark.

TUESDAY:
6 p.m. PT: Lying in repose at library concludes.

WEDNESDAY:
8:30 a.m. PT: Reagan family motorcade departs presidential library en route to Naval Base Ventura County in Point Mugu.
9:30 a.m. PT: Aircraft departs Point Mugu for Andrews Air Force Base, outside Washington.
5 p.m. ET: Aircraft arrives at Andrews Air Force Base.
6 p.m. ET: Formal funeral procession to U.S. Capitol, with casket transfer onto horse-drawn caisson at 1600 Constitution Avenue, an open area near the White House and the Washington Monument.
7 p.m. ET: State funeral ceremony in Capitol Rotunda.
8:30 p.m. ET: Lying in state begins in Capitol Rotunda and continues through the night.

THURSDAY:
All day: Lying in state continues for 24 hours in Capitol Rotunda.

FRIDAY:
10:45 a.m. ET: Motorcade departs U.S. Capitol.
11:30 a.m. ET: National funeral service at Washington National Cathedral.
1:45 p.m. ET: Motorcade departs National Cathedral.
2:45 p.m. ET: Aircraft departs Andrews Air Force Base.
4:45 p.m. PT: Aircraft arrives at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu.
6 p.m. PT: Motorcade arrives at presidential library.
6:15 p.m. PT: Private burial service at presidential library.
7:30 p.m. PT: Burial ceremony concludes.

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