The Anarchist (2009)
“RIXEY accompanied Mrs. McKinley on the train from Buffalo to Washington, D.C. The president’s coffin rode in an observation car with glass walls that allowed people alongside the tracks to see it, draped with an American flag. Thousands lined the route, singing hymns, particularly “Nearer, My God, to Thee.” The train slowed for each town as it traveled south through western New York, into Pennsylvania, down the Susquehanna River valley, to Harrisburg and Baltimore, until it arrived finally in t...he capital.
The rain never stopped. The skies were so leaden that it seemed as though it would rain forever. During the trip, the week’s plans were presented to Mrs. McKinley by Cortelyou and several cabinet members, with Dr. Rixey in attendance. They explained that Monday night the casket would lie in state in the East Room of the Executive Mansion, protected by military guard. Tuesday there would be a procession down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol, where there would be a public viewing of the deceased president in the rotunda.MoreLess
The rain never stopped. The skies were so leaden that it seemed as though it would rain forever. During the trip, the week’s plans were presented to Mrs. McKinley by Cortelyou and several cabinet members, with Dr. Rixey in attendance. They explained that Monday night the casket would lie in state in the East Room of the Executive Mansion, protected by military guard. Tuesday there would be a procession down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol, where there would be a public viewing of the deceased president in the rotunda.MoreLess
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