We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/on_the_origins.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:45:31 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification ...laid out for you in preparation for President Ford's funeral. By John J. Kruzel American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Dec. 28, 2006 - Military tradition will be evident throughout the events associated with the Dec. 26 death of former President Gerald R. Ford, as the services join the nation in bidding farewell to their former commander in chief. Ford's three-stage state funeral will begin tomorrow [today] with the former president's remains lying in repose at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, Calif. He will then be honored in the nation's capital, and finally in his home state of Michigan,... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/on_the_origins.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/on_the_origins.html Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:52:47 -0600 I always learn something new from you guys! This is definitely a good reminder of the need to know our traditions and remember the WHY of it all. I especially was interested to learn that there is a difference between the 3 volleys of 7 and a true 21-gun salute. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/on_the_origins.html#comment-54527 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/on_the_origins.html#comment-54527 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:13:24 -0600 What Sgt B. said! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/on_the_origins.html#comment-54526 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/on_the_origins.html#comment-54526 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:41:00 -0600 Thank you for the briefing, John... It's important to understand the origins of such pagentry. Even though I knew this, reading it again brings a strange comfort, a remembrance of a wee part of "Why We Do The Things We Do..." http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/on_the_origins.html#comment-54524 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/12/on_the_origins.html#comment-54524 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:19:29 -0600