It was the first time that five U.S. presidents and their first ladies attended the funeral of another president.
President and Mrs. Bush attend President Nixon’s state funeral with Presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan and Clinton at the Nixon Library. On April 27, 1994, five presidents and five first ladies came to Yorba Linda to attend the funeral of our 37th president Richard Nixon.
Nixon’s body was flown on Air Force One to Marine Corps Air Station El Toro and then transported to the Nixon Library. The funeral was attended by 4,000 people and dignitaries from 85 countries. There are estimates that 40,000 tried to attend.
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