The "Day of Mourning" has been observed since the death of FDR. The table below includes APP documents issued by US President upon the death of a predecessor. Practices have evolved substantially.

On December 26, 2006, Gerald Ford, the 38th president of the United States and the 40th vice president, [3] died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California at 6:45 p.m. local time (02:45, December 27, UTC). [4][5] At 8:49 p.m. local time, his wife of 58 years, Betty Ford, issued a statement announcing his death. [5] .

Herbert Hoover, October 22, 1964- October 26, 1964: Following former President Hoover’s death on October 20, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson called for the lowering of flags to half-staff for a period of thirty days. 47 On October 22, a private funeral service was held in New York at St. Bartholomew’s Church for 600 guests, including ...

Herbert Hoover (31st President) had a "happy funeral service", as requested by his family, reflecting a Quaker approach for his final service in West Branch, Iowa. Hoover died on Oct. 22,...

Dying in his suite at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City on October 20, 1964, Herbert Hoover had made plans in 1958 for a state funeral. Accorded with full military honors, over 70 soldiers from the First Army at Fort Jay on Governors Island in the city as guards of honor during the funeral service held at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal ...

Dec 30, 2006 · It was a time of false words and ill will. There was great malice, and great hurt, and a taste for more. And it all began to pass away on a Friday in August, when Gerald Ford laid his hand on the Bible and swore to preserve, protect, and …

Jan 4, 2025 · Herbert Hoover (31st President) had a "happy funeral service", as requested by his family, reflecting a Quaker approach for his final service in West Branch, Iowa. Hoover died on Oct. 22,...

Oct 25, 2014 · IN TWO DAYS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FILED BY IN FINAL SALUTE TO THE MAN WHO OVERCAME THE FATE OF BEING A DEPRESSION PRESIDENT TO GAIN NEW STATURE AS A STATESMAN AND HUMANITARIAN OF...

Oct 20, 2018 · Hoover received a state funeral during which his remains lay in state at the rotunda in the Capitol. He was buried on Oct. 25, a Sunday, in West Branch, Iowa, his birthplace and the site of the...

Herbert Hoover, the 31st president, was buried near his childhood home in West Branch, Iowa, on October 25, 1964. Using archival footage, audio-visual archivist Lynn Smith looked back at the...