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Bookmark or Share- History behind battlefield cross, riderless horseTwelve days after Washington’s death at Mt. Vernon, a riderless horse took part in an elaborate, simulated funeral ceremony conducted in Philadelphia, the then-capital of the United States, with an empty casket symbolizing the late president.
- Riderless horse - WikipediaA riderless horse is a single horse without a rider and with boots reversed in the stirrups, which sometimes accompanies a funeral procession. The horse, sometimes caparisoned in black, follows the caisson carrying the casket. [1]
- Riderless Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster: something used to overlie another or to move along on another piece. riderless. ˈrī-dər-ləs. adjective. Examples of rider in a Sentence. Watch out for bike riders while driving. She added a rider to her life insurance policy that increased her coverage. Congress added a rider to the health insurance bill.
- Arlington's Ceremonial Horses and Funerals at the White HouseThe riderless, or caparisoned (ornamentally covered), horse is considered a symbolic representation that the deceased was mounted in this life and will continue to be mounted in the hereafter. In American state cere monies, for a caparisoned horse to be included, the person honored must have, at one time, achieved the rank of army or marine ...
- THE TRADITION OF THE RIDERLESS HORSE - THE SKELETON KEY CHRONICLESThat tradition – which is frankly much less foreboding for the trusty steed – is the riderless horse, with the boots reversed in the stirrups. This practice is upheld to symbolize the image of a fallen leader looking back on his troops for the last time.
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