Final Post Gallery

Flag at half-staff in Washington DC for the passing of General Dwight D. Eisenhower. [71-456-41]

The casket bearing the remains of the late General Eisenhower rests in state in Bethlehem Chapel at the Washington National Cathedral as members of the Joint Honor Guard maintain a Death Watch. March 29, 1969. [71-456-42]

The casket bearing the remains of the late General Eisenhower rests in state in Bethlehem Chapel at the Washington National Cathedral as members of the Joint Honor Guard maintain a Death Watch. March 29, 1969. [71-456-46]

A twenty-one gun salute is fired as the funeral cortege approaches the Capitol Plaza. Washington, DC. March 30, 1969. [71-456-102]

The funeral cortege pauses at Sixteenth and Constitution Avenue and the remains of General Eisenhower are transferred from the hearse to the horse-drawn caisson. March 30, 1969. [71-456-93]

The public pays their last respects to the late General Eisenhower in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. March 30, 1969. [71-456-155]

The public pays their last respects to the late General Eisenhower in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. March 30, 1969. [71-456-161]

President Charles DeGaulle of France pays his respects to the late General Eisenhower at the Rotunda of the Capitol. March 30, 1969. [71-456-150]

President Richard M. Nixon places a wreath at the casket in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. March 30, 1969. [71-456-134]

Dignitaries place wreaths at the casket in the Rotunda of the U. S. Capitol. March 30, 1969. [71-456-147]

Funeral service for the late General Eisenhower at the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas. April 2, 1969. [71-456-307]

Burial service at the Place of Meditation in Abilene, Kansas. April 2, 1969. [71-456-334]