Pomp and circumstance

Pomp and circumstance
Originally uploaded by gwilmore.

I love pomp and ceremony, and like to commemorate lives well spent. And I spent much of the final weekend of 2006 indulging those particular passions, in connection with the funeral services for President Gerald R. Ford. While not a model of technical or artistic excellence, this picture, taken during the Fox News telecast of the state funeral, now appears with two companion shots in my Flickr photostream. And along with the other two, it will remain there, even if only a few people ever bother to look at it.