On April 13, 1945, the President’s body was carried by train back to Washington D.C. See the accompanying appointment books and diaries for the timing of the funeral processions. Full military honors were rendered in a procession from the train station to the White House. At the White House the casket was placed in the East Room where a private Episcopal Funeral Service was conducted at 4:00PM. That evening the casket was removed and placed on a train for the trip to the President’s Hyde Park home.

Photo: The streets were lined with units of the nation’s armed forces and thousands of grieving citizens. April 14, 1945.

Photo: President Roosevelt’s funeral train en route from New York to Hyde Park, New York. April 15, 1945.

Photo: The caisson bearing Franklin D. Roosevelt’s casket arrives at the burial site for his funeral in Hyde Park, New York. April 15, 1945.