Anonymous ID: e8d8c8 Jan. 26, 2020, 12:05 p.m. No.7921841   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_funeral#United_States

 

United States

 

Main article: State funerals in the United States

In the United States, state funerals are held in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., and involve military spectacle, ceremonial pomp, and religious observance. As the highest possible honor bestowed upon a person posthumously, state funerals are an entitlement offered to a sitting or former President of the United States, a President-elect, as well as other people designated by the President.[17][18] Administered by the Military District of Washington (MDW), state funerals are greatly influenced by protocol, steeped in tradition, and rich in history. However, the overall planning as well as the decision to hold a state funeral, is largely determined by the President before his death and the First Family.[19]

 

State funerals have been held in Washington D.C. for William Henry Harrison (1841),[20] Zachary Taylor (1850),[20] Abraham Lincoln (1865),[21] Thaddeus Stevens (1868),[22] James A. Garfield (1881),[20] William McKinley (1901),[20] Warren G. Harding (1923),[20] the Unknown Soldier of World War I (1921),[23] William Howard Taft (1930),[24] John J. Pershing (1948),[25] the Unknown Soldiers of World War II and the Korean War (1958),[26] John F. Kennedy (1963),[27] Douglas MacArthur (1964),[28] Herbert Hoover (1964),[29] Dwight D. Eisenhower (1969),[30] Lyndon B. Johnson (1973),[31] Ronald Reagan (2004),[32] Gerald Ford (2006-2007)[33] and George H. W. Bush (2018).[34]

Anonymous ID: e8d8c8 Jan. 26, 2020, 12:28 p.m. No.7922227   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>2294 >>2394

(Reuters) - Retired basketball star Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on Sunday morning, TMZ reported without citing a source.

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-kobe-bryant-idUSKBN1ZP0QW

 

The Los Angeles County Sheriff said on Twitter that five people died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas and that there were no survivors.

 

First responders put out the flames of the crash site, the sheriffโ€™s department said, posting a picture of a fire truck and smoke emerging from the brush in a ravine.

 

Bryant was known to use a helicopter for travel dating to his days as a star player for the Los Angeles Lakers, when he commuted to games in a Sikorsky S-76 chopper, TMZ said.