Visual Masterworks – Professional Photography

040609-N-6501M-001 Simi Valley, Calif. (Jun. 9, 2004) – Ceremonial Guardsmen escort the flag-draped casket of former President Ronald Reagan at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. Reagan’s body will be flown to Washington, D.C., where it will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda. A state funeral will be conducted late Friday morning at the Washington National Cathedral, where President Bush will give the eulogy. On Friday, June 11, President Reagan’s body will return to Calif., for a private burial service. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer’s Mate Edward G. Martens (RELEASED)

040611-N-6501M-023 Point Mugu, Calif. (Jun. 11, 2004) – The Presidential funeral motorcade prepares to depart the flight line of Naval Station Ventura County with the casket of former President Ronald W. Reagan after it was unloaded from the VC-25 Special Airlift Mission (SAM) 28000 747 aircraft. The casket will then be transported to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library for the sunset internment service in his honor. The observance concludes a weeklong state funeral services for Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States who passed away on June 5th, 2004. This 180-degree panorama was assembled from 12 separate digital images to create one photo illustration.
U.S. Navy photo illustration by Chief Photographer’s Mate Edward G. Martens (RELEASED)