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Photo44 - Dignitaries gather in the Rotunda of the Capitol on Wednesday as a military honor guard stands next to the casket of President Ronald Wilson Reagan, June 9, 2004.



Photo45 ~ Former first lady Nancy Reagan pauses at the casket of President Ronald Reagan in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday after her cross-country trip. She stroked the flag draped coffin as though she would stroke his arm and speak lovingly to him . . .



Photo 46 ~ A horse-drawn caisson makes its way down Constitution Avenue in Washington on June 9, 2004 en route to the Capitol carrying the body of former President Ronald Reagan, who died June 5 at the age of 93 of pneumonia after a 10-year battle with Alzheimer's disease.



Photo47 ~ A riderless horse with the boots of President Ronald Reagan turned backward in the stirrups (his actual personal boots) follows his casket June 9, 2004 as it makes its way down Washington's Constitution Avenue on the way to the Capitol, where Reagan's body was to lie in state.



Photo 48 ~ A young girl is raised up high to take a picture moments before former President Ronald Reagan's casket is transferred from a hearse to a horse-drawn caisson in front of the White House June 9, 2004 in Washington.



Photo49 ~ The casket carrying the body of President Ronald Reagan is carried by a horse-drawn caisson along Constitution Avenue with the Capitol in the background June 9, 2004 in Washington.



Photo50 ~ People watch as the casket containing the remains of former President Ronald Reagan is loaded into the presidential plane at Naval Base Ventura County on June 9, 2004 in Point Mugu, Calif., for a flight to Washington for a state funeral.



Photo 51 ~ People line the road to pay their respects as the hearse that contains the casket of former President Ronald Reagan passes by June 9, 2004, in Point Mugu, Calif. The body of the 40th president was en route to Washington for memorial services.



Photo52 ~ Mourners watch as the presidential aircraft carrying President Ronald Reagan taxis to the runway June 9 at Point Mugu, Calif., for its flight to Washington.



Photo53 ~ Members of the honor guard take their positions for the departure ceremony for the remains of President Ronald Reagan at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., June 9, 2004



Ronald Reagan lay in state Wednesday under the Capitol dome, his body borne to that historic place of tribute by horse-drawn carriage past thousands drawn to the high pageantry of America's first presidential state funeral in three decades.With the storied riderless horse symbolizing the fallen president, Reagan's casket came to the Capitol in a procession that quietly riveted crowds standing 15 deep on each side of Constitution Avenue. Cannon fired upon his body's arrival at the home of Congress, sending smoke cascading into the steamy evening air.



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The Cato Institute joins millions of Americans in mourning the passing of Ronald Reagan. His stirring words about liberty and limited government called us to the best of the American tradition and helped to change the climate of opinion in the United States and around the world. In a period of malaise and national self-doubt, he revived our faith in economic freedom. His willingness to speak honestly about the evil empire inspired people behind the Iron Curtain to believe that change might come. He used to say that








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June 7, 2004


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