Following a long tradition, the body of former President Ronald Reagan, who was an avid horseman, is carried on a horse-drawn caisson Wednesday. Thousands of people lined Constitution Ave. in Washington, D.C. to witness the pageantry of the first U.S. presidential state funeral in three decades. (Damon Winter / LAT)
A horse-drawn caisson carries the flag-draped casket of former President Ronald Reagan along Constitution Avenue en route to the Capitol building. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
Mourners remember former President Ronald Reagan with mementos from his life, such as a license plate bearing the nickname earned during his film career and a ball cap sporting a ship named after him. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
Cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., march along Constitution Avenue during Wednesday’s funeral procession to the Capitol. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
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Former First Lady Nancy Reagan pauses to touch her husband’s flag-draped casket before leaving the Capitol Rotunda Wednesday. (Francine Orr / LAT)
U.S. and foreign dignitaries Wednesday joined former President Ronald Reagan’s family for a ceremony at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington. (Francine Orr / LAT)
Spectators watch the flyover of U.S. Air Force jets during the funeral procession for former President Reagan in Washington, D.C. (Andrew F. Chung / Baltimore Sun)
Paul O’Connell and his daughter Claire, 6, from Maryland, watch as military jets do a fly over as the horse drawn caisson carrying former Presiden Ronlad Reagan makes its way towards the Capitol rotunda. (Damon Winter / LAT)
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The caisson carrying President Reagan’s coffin approaches the Capitol. (Alex Quesada / LAT)
