	Brief Overview of Past Practices

When a President dies, a number of activities and events are set in motion. Departments of The Army, Navy, Air Force, and Treasury)

This Army pamphlet outlines state and official funeral policy, and it contains detailed information on funeral eligibility, procedures, and sequences of events. Ambassador Mary Mel French, "Ceremonies: State and Official Funerals," in United States Protocol: The Guide to Official Diplomatic Etiquette (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2010).
This fact sheet is a brief resource guide for congressional staff on funerals and burials for Presidents of the United States. It contains an overview of past practices for presidential funerals and selected online information resources related to official and ceremonial protocols, past presidential funerals, congressional documents, and other documents and books.