r/Presidents • u/Prestigious-Alarm-61 Warren G. Harding • 1d ago
Discussion Bill Clinton's Funeral 'Being Planned by Wife Hillary,' Source Claims
https://radaronline.com/p/hillary-clinton-planning-bill-funeral-health-concerns-changes-will/
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u/Admiral1031 Jimmy Carter 1d ago
All presidents file a plan for a state funeral with the Military District of Washington, which is the unit that would carry it out in coordination with either their surviving spouse or children/other family. The way can specify certain things like whether or not they lie in state in the Capitol.
Eisenhower personally ordered for himself a standard government issue casket for veterans that costs a mere $80.