In the United States, state funerals are the official funeral rites conducted by the federal government in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., that are offered to a sitting or former president, a
The caisson bearing the casket of John F. Kennedy moving down the White House drive on the way to St. Matthew's Cathedral on November 25, 1963.
A Birch's Views of Philadelphia sketch depicting George Washington's mock funeral procession on High Street in Philadelphia on December 26, 1799.
A Harper’s Weekly drawing depicting the remains of Abraham Lincoln lying in repose in the East Room of the White House on April 18, 1865.
A guard of honor carrying the casket of William McKinley up the center steps of the Capitol for the lying in state on September 17, 1901.
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Lying in state is the tradition in which the body of a deceased official, such as a head of state, is placed in a state building, either outside or inside a coffin, to allow the public to pay their re
State funerals in the United States
…1865, as his casket was transported 1,700 miles (2,700 km) by train through New York City to Springfield, Illinois. Lincoln was the first president to lie in state in the United States Capitol Rotunda. The remains of James A. Garfield arrived in the nation's capital on September 21, two days after his death. A…
Philip IV of France lying in state
Brazilian president Afonso Pena lying in state in the Catete Palace, 1909
The lying in state of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Hall, September 2022
President Jimmy Carter lying in state in the Capitol rotunda before his state funeral, 7 January 2025