Paul Kruger, former president of the South African Republic (Transvaal), died in exile in Switzerland on July 14, 1904. His body was initially buried in The Hague, Netherlands, but was repatriated to South Africa with British permission. He received a state funeral in Pretoria on December 16, 1904, with the vierkleur flag of the South African Republic draped over his coffin. After ceremonial lying in state, he was buried in the Heroes’ Acre at the Church Street Cemetery in Pretoria
