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What is the origin of the word funeral?
Chambers Dictionary gives: "funeral n disposal of the dead ... low Latin funeralis and Latin funerarius, funereus, from Latin funus, funeris, a funeral procession." Can any Latin scholar tell us of any earlier history of the word?
Who led the funeral procession for US Grant?
US President Grover Cleveland led the funeral procession for former US president US Grant. It was in New York in July of 1885. Americans waited in line for two days and nights to file past the casket of UG Grant. Less than a year before his death from cancer he, with the help of Mark Twain was able to complete his Personal Memoirs.
What are three US Presidents who were mourners as Lincoln's Funeral Train traveled across the country?
Future President Theodore Roosevelt, aged six viewed the Funeral procession at his Grandfather's home from a second floor window near Union Square in New York City. On 27 April former President Millard Fillmore and future President Grover Cleveland paid their respects at the procession in Buffalo.
How many people saw Winston churchill's funeral?
Unable to answer precisely as the event was televised- coffin in horse-drawn procession I vaguely recall snatches of it on Evening news on TV> ( US- l965)
Is the US flag in the rear procession and centered?
NO
What was the largest tsunami in us history?
The largest tsunami in the world and the US Happened in Liyuta bay, Alaska on July 9th, 1958.
Who had the largest funeral ever held in the US?
More than 1 million citizens lined the streets of Manhattan for the funeral procession of President Ulysses S. Grant. In a column that stretched for 7 miles, and took 5 hours to pass, 60,000 mourners marched from City Hall to Riverside Park.
Who lead the largest slave rebellion in US history?
Nat Turner.
What is the largest US war in history?
If you mean only involving the US, than the Civil War.
What was the largest public works project in us history?
1956 Interstate Highway
Lyndon Johnson defeated in 1964 by the largest margin in US history?
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What was the single largest public works program in US history?
Federal Highway Act
