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State funerals usually include much pomp and ceremony as well as religious overtones and distinctive elements of military tradition. Generally, state funerals are held in order to involve the general public in a <a href="/wiki/National_day_of_mourning" title="National day of mourning">national day of mourning</a> after the family of the deceased gives consent. A state funeral will often generate mass publicity from both national and global media outlets. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_funeral&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>State funerals already existed in <a href="/wiki/Antiquity" class="mw-disambig" title="Antiquity">antiquity</a>. In ancient Athens, for example, fallen soldiers were regularly buried in a public ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Roman Empire, a state funeral (<i>funera publica</i>) could be instructed by the senate for the city of rome, whereas city councils could instruct a communal state funeral.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="By_country">By country</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_funeral&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: By country"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Czech_Republic">Czech Republic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_funeral&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Czech Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Czech_state_funerals" title="List of Czech state funerals">List of Czech state funerals</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canada">Canada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_funeral&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">These paragraphs are an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/State_funerals_in_Canada" title="State funerals in Canada">State funerals in Canada</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=State_funerals_in_Canada&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <p><a href="/wiki/State_funerals_in_Canada" title="State funerals in Canada">State funerals in Canada</a> are public events held to commemorate former <a href="/wiki/Governor_General_of_Canada" title="Governor General of Canada">governors general</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">prime ministers</a>, other members of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Canada" title="Cabinet of Canada">cabinet</a> who died in office, and, at the cabinet's discretion, other eminent Canadians. With ceremonial, military, and religious elements incorporated, state funerals are offered and executed by the governor general-<a href="/wiki/Queen-in-Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen-in-Council">in-council</a>, who provides a dignified manner for the Canadian people to mourn a national public figure. Provincial and territorial governments may also perform state funerals for citizens in their particular jurisdictions. However, most state funerals are federal affairs. </p> As Canada shares the person of <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Canada" title="Monarchy of Canada">its monarch</a> with the other <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realms</a>, funerals for Canada's sovereigns, as well as for their consorts, typically take place in the monarch's oldest and most populous realm, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. In Canada, a commemoration service is conducted by the federal crown-in-council and sometimes by provincial crowns, as well.</div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="India">India</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_funeral&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 10 October 2024, businessman <a href="/wiki/Ratan_Tata" title="Ratan Tata">Ratan Tata</a> would be given a state funeral in <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Italy">Italy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_funeral&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 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Statements consisting only of original research should be removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> state funerals are granted<sup id="cite_ref-ItaSF_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ItaSF-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by law to the Presidents of the constitutional entities, such as the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Italy" title="President of Italy">Presidency</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Parliament" title="Italian Parliament">Parliament</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Italy" title="Prime Minister of Italy">Government</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Court_(Italy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional Court (Italy)">Constitutional Court</a>, even after their terms have expired, and to <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet of Italy">Ministers</a> who died during their <a href="/wiki/Term_in_office" class="mw-redirect" title="Term in office">term in office</a>. State Funerals can also be granted, by decree of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet of Italy">Council of Ministers</a>, to people who gave particular services to the <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">country</a>; to <a href="/wiki/Italian_citizenship" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian citizenship">citizens</a> that brought honor to the <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">nation</a>; or to <a href="/wiki/Italian_citizenship" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian citizenship">citizens</a> who died in the line of duty, or were victims of either <a href="/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorism</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Organized_crime" title="Organized crime">organized crime</a>. </p><p>The official protocol provides for<sup id="cite_ref-ItaSF_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ItaSF-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>the coffin surrounded by six members in high uniform of either the <a href="/wiki/Carabinieri" title="Carabinieri">Carabinieri</a> or the same <a href="/wiki/Armed_forces_of_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed forces of Italy">Armed Forces</a> the departed belonged to;</li> <li>an <a href="/wiki/Guard_of_honour" title="Guard of honour">honor guard</a> to the coffin at the entrance and the exit of the place in which the ceremony is held;</li> <li>the presence of one representative of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet of Italy">Government</a>;</li> <li>an official commemorative oration;</li> <li>other honors that can be arranged by the <a href="/wiki/Prime_minister_of_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime minister of Italy">Prime Minister</a>.</li></ul> <p>Public mourning, either <a href="/wiki/National_day_of_mourning" title="National day of mourning">national</a> or <a href="/wiki/Mourning" title="Mourning">local</a>, is declared following the dispositions of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Italy" title="Prime Minister of Italy">Prime Minister</a>'s decrees. The <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Italy" title="Flag of Italy">flags</a> are flown at <a href="/wiki/Half-mast" title="Half-mast">half-mast</a> outside of public buildings, while inside they display two <a href="/wiki/Black_ribbon#Sign_of_mourning" title="Black ribbon">black ribbons</a>, with the exceptions provided for military flags, when required by <a href="/wiki/Military_protocol" class="mw-redirect" title="Military protocol">military protocol</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ItaSF_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ItaSF-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>If the departed held a public office, the body can <a href="/wiki/Lying_in_state" title="Lying in state">lie in state</a> in the building of the office's institution. In other cases it is followed the will of the family, the traditions of the office or the local customs.<sup id="cite_ref-ItaSF_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ItaSF-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Outside of the cases provided for by the protocol, for example during <a href="/wiki/Natural_disaster" title="Natural disaster">natural events</a> that deeply impact the community, solemn funerals can be arranged and the six people who carry the coffins are members of the <a href="/wiki/Protezione_Civile" title="Protezione Civile">Civil Protection</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ItaSF_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ItaSF-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Thailand">Thailand</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_funeral&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Thailand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">These paragraphs are an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Thai_royal_funeral" title="Thai royal funeral">Thai royal funeral</a>. See also: <a href="/wiki/Thai_funeral#Government_officials" title="Thai funeral">Thai funeral § Government officials.</a></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><div class="excerpt"> <a href="/wiki/Thai_royal_funeral" title="Thai royal funeral">Thai royal funerals</a> are elaborate events, organised as royal ceremonies akin to state funerals. They are held for deceased members of the <a href="/wiki/Thai_royal_family" class="mw-redirect" title="Thai royal family">royal family</a>, and consist of numerous rituals which typically span several months to over a year. Featuring a mixture of Buddhist and <a href="/wiki/Animist" class="mw-redirect" title="Animist">animist</a> beliefs, as well as Hindu symbolism, these rituals include the initial rites that take place after death, a lengthy period of <a href="/wiki/Lying-in-state" class="mw-redirect" title="Lying-in-state">lying-in-state</a>, during which Buddhist ceremonies take place, and a final <a href="/wiki/Cremation" title="Cremation">cremation</a> ceremony. For the highest-ranking royalty, the cremation ceremonies are grand public spectacles, featuring the pageantry of large funeral processions and ornate purpose-built funeral pyres or temporary crematoria known as <i><a href="#merumat"><span title="See entry on this page at § merumat" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">merumat</span></a></i> or <i><a href="#men"><span title="See entry on this page at § men" class="glossary-link-internal" style="border-bottom:1px dashed #86a1ff;color:initial;">men</span></a></i>. The practices date to at least the 17th century, during the time of the <a href="/wiki/Ayutthaya_Kingdom" title="Ayutthaya Kingdom">Ayutthaya Kingdom</a>. Today, the cremation ceremonies are held in the royal field of <a href="/wiki/Sanam_Luang" title="Sanam Luang">Sanam Luang</a> in the historic centre of <a href="/wiki/Bangkok" title="Bangkok">Bangkok</a>.</div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_funeral&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">These paragraphs are an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/State_funerals_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="State funerals in the United Kingdom">State funerals in the United Kingdom</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=State_funerals_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, state funerals are usually reserved for <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">monarchs</a>. The most recent was the <a href="/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Elizabeth_II#State_funeral" title="Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II">state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II</a> on 19 September 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A state funeral may also be held to honour a highly distinguished figure following the approval of the monarch and <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament</a> (of the expenditure of public funds).<sup id="cite_ref-State_funerals_in_the_United_Kingdom_parliament.uk_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-State_funerals_in_the_United_Kingdom_parliament.uk-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last non-royal state funeral in the United Kingdom was that of Sir <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> on <a href="/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Winston_Churchill" title="Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill">30 January 1965.</a><sup id="cite_ref-State_funerals_in_the_United_Kingdom_Croft2014_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-State_funerals_in_the_United_Kingdom_Croft2014-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other funerals, including those of senior members of the <a href="/wiki/British_royal_family" title="British royal family">British royal family</a> and high-ranking public figures, may share many of the characteristics of a state funeral without being categorised as such; for these, the term 'ceremonial funeral' is used. In the past fifty years, ceremonial funerals have been held for <a href="/wiki/Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma">Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma</a> (1979); <a href="/wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales" title="Diana, Princess of Wales">Diana, Princess of Wales</a> (1997); <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_The_Queen_Mother" title="Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother">Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother</a> (2002); <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher</a> (2013);<sup id="cite_ref-State_funerals_in_the_United_Kingdom_parliament.uk_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-State_funerals_in_the_United_Kingdom_parliament.uk-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh" title="Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh">Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh</a> (2021). Ceremonial funerals have tended in general to follow the ritual patterns of a state funeral (if on a somewhat smaller scale). </p> A <a href="/wiki/Gun_carriage" title="Gun carriage">gun carriage</a> has been used to transport the <a href="/wiki/Coffin" title="Coffin">coffin</a> between locations since <a href="/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Queen_Victoria" title="Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria's funeral</a> (1901); it is also accompanied by a procession of <a href="/wiki/Military_band" title="Military band">military bands</a> and detachments along with mourners and other officials. There may also be a <a href="/wiki/Lying_in_state" title="Lying in state">lying in state</a> and other associated ceremonies.<sup id="cite_ref-State_funerals_in_the_United_Kingdom_Bland1986_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-State_funerals_in_the_United_Kingdom_Bland1986-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_funeral&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">These paragraphs are an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/State_funerals_in_the_United_States" title="State funerals in the United States">State funerals in the United States</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=State_funerals_in_the_United_States&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> In the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, state funerals are the official funerary rites conducted by the <a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">federal government</a> in the nation's capital, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, that are offered to a sitting or former <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president</a>, a <a href="/wiki/President-elect_of_the_United_States" title="President-elect of the United States">president-elect</a>, high government officials and other civilians who have rendered distinguished service to the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-State_funerals_in_the_United_States_State_Funeral_Traditions_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-State_funerals_in_the_United_States_State_Funeral_Traditions-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Administered by the <a href="/wiki/Military_District_of_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Military District of Washington">Military District of Washington</a> (MDW), a command unit of the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Force_Headquarters_National_Capital_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region">Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region</a>, state funerals are greatly influenced by <a href="/wiki/Protocol_(diplomacy)" title="Protocol (diplomacy)">protocol</a>, steeped in <a href="/wiki/Tradition" title="Tradition">tradition</a>, and rich in <a href="/wiki/History" title="History">history</a>. However, the overall planning as well as the decision to hold a state funeral, is largely determined by a president and <a href="/wiki/First_Family_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="First Family of the United States">their family</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_funeral&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_received_a_state_funeral" title="List of people who have received a state funeral">List of people who have received a state funeral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funeral_train" title="Funeral train">Funeral train</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limbers_and_caissons_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Limbers and caissons (military)">Limbers and caissons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Catafalque" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln Catafalque">Lincoln Catafalque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lying_in_repose" title="Lying in repose">Lying in repose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lying_in_state" title="Lying in state">Lying in state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_funeral" title="Military funeral">Military funeral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missing_man_formation" title="Missing man formation">Missing man formation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riderless_horse" title="Riderless horse">Riderless horse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_funerals_in_Canada" title="State funerals in Canada">State funerals in Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_funerals_in_the_United_States" title="State funerals in the United States">State funerals in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vigil_of_the_Princes" title="Vigil of the Princes">Vigil of the Princes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Funeral_(2019_film)" title="State Funeral (2019 film)">State Funeral (2019 film)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_funeral&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wienand, Johannes (2023). <i>Der politische Tod. 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Harcourt, Brace & World.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Abraham+Lincoln%3A+The+War+Years+IV&rft.pub=Harcourt%2C+Brace+%26+World&rft.date=1936&rft.aulast=Sandburg&rft.aufirst=Carl&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fin.ernet.dli.2015.80459&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AState+funeral" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSwanson2006" class="citation book cs1">Swanson, James (2006). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/manhunttwelveday00swan"><i>Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer</i></a></span>. Harper Collins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-051849-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-051849-3"><bdi>978-0-06-051849-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Manhunt%3A+The+12-Day+Chase+for+Lincoln%27s+Killer&rft.pub=Harper+Collins&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-06-051849-3&rft.aulast=Swanson&rft.aufirst=James&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmanhunttwelveday00swan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AState+funeral" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trooping-the-colour.co.uk/funeral">The traditions of a British state funeral</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040909211956/http://usinfo.state.gov/is/Archive/2004/Jun/09-178215.html">Memorializing U.S. Presidents</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rcmp-learning.org/docs/ecdd1238.htm">Funeral Section of the RCMP Ceremonial and Protocol Guide</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051023201804/http://www.rcmp-learning.org/docs/ecdd1238.htm">Archived</a> 2005-10-23 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20031224120424/http://www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/p1_1.pdf">"STATE, OFFICIAL, AND SPECIAL MILITARY FUNERALS" by the U.S. Army</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.army.mil/books/Last_Salute/index.htm"><i>The Last Salute</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183142/http://www.history.army.mil/books/Last_Salute/Index.htm">Archived</a> 2016-03-03 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (CMH Pub 90–1) published by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Center_of_Military_History" title="United States Army Center of Military History">United States Army Center of Military History</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.warmemorialsnsw.asn.au/pdf/s_funeral_policy.pdf">NSW Policy on State Funerals</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181215171410/http://www.warmemorialsnsw.asn.au/pdf/s_funeral_policy.pdf">Archived</a> 2018-12-15 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/why-the-money-was-on-the-obscene/2006/02/17/1140151809831.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2">Commentary on state funeral offer for Australian Kerry Packer</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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