Reagan had begun thinking of his last rites in 1981, his first year as president, and planned some elements of the funeral -- inviting the elder Bush and Thatcher to speak, asking Supreme Court ...

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mgw2amp;fileName=gwpage024.dbamp;recNum=228. Foreign affairs and war have dominated more-recent farewell addresses. In ...

In his farewell address, President Ronald Reagan called gerrymandering the “greatest single blot on the integrity of our nation’s electoral system, and it’s high time we did something about it.” House ...

"We lost Ronald Reagan only days ago but we have missed him for a long time," Bush said, alluding to the former president's long battle with Alzheimer's disease. "It has been 10 years since he said ...

°Funeral and burial details for Friday. All times are Tucson times. 7:45 a.m.: Motorcade leaves Capitol for Washington National Cathedral. 8:30 a.m.: National funeral service at cathedral. Irish tenor ...