What is State funeral?
[[File:Ronald Reagan lies in state June 10.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ronald Reagan]], [[List of Presidents of the United States|40th]] [[President of the United States]], lying in state in the [[United States Capitol|United States Capitol Rotunda]] as spectators and mourners file past his flag draped casket on June 10, 2004.]] A '''state funeral''' is a public [[funeral]] [[ceremony]] which is made for people who died that were very important in their country. Usually with a state funeral, there also comes a day where everyone [[Mourning|mourns]] the person who died. Often, state funerals are given to [[royal]] or political people such as [[President]]s, [[Prime Minister]]s, [[Dictator]]s, [[Governor]]s, [[Mayor]]s, [[Senator]]s, or [[Vice President]]s. [[Military|Military people]] and people who are famous for other reasons sometimes have a state funeral. ==Related pages== * [[Funeral]] * [[Lying in state]] ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} * [http://www.trooping-the-colour.co.uk/funeral The traditions of a British state funeral] * [http://usinfo.state.gov/is/Archive/2004/Jun/09-178215.html Memorializing U.S. Presidents] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040909211956/http://usinfo.state.gov/is/Archive/2004/Jun/09-178215.html |date=2004-09-09 }} [[Category:State funerals|*]] {{stub}}