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Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia and a civil rights icon, will lie in state Monday in the Capitol Rotunda, the first Black lawmaker to receive one of the highest American honors, before a viewing for the public to be held outside.
With the Capitol closed to the public amid the coronavirus pandemic, Mr. Lewis will spend only a few hours lying in state under the Capitol dome after an invitation-only ceremony on Monday afternoon, according to plans released by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, and Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader.
Among those paying their respects will be Joseph R. Biden Jr., the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
Afterward, Mr. Lewiss coffin will be moved outside to the Capitol steps, and members of the public will be able to line up with masks required and social distancing enforced to view it from the plaza below on Monday evening and all day Tuesday.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/john-lewis-is-the-first-black-lawmaker-to-lie-in-state-in-the-capitol-rotunda/ar-BB17eTVY?li=BBnb7Kz
malaise
(269,237 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,694 posts)Full disclosure: I stood in the long, long line to see him.
malaise
(269,237 posts)Truthfully I did wonder how the media could have got this wrong - my bad.
bottomofthehill
(8,353 posts)Also Officer JJ Chestnut was an African American member off the US Capitol Police who was shot and killed protecting the Capitol, its staff and visitors was honored in the Rotunda but neither were Members of Congress.
malaise
(269,237 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)She lay in honor, which is different.
The three slain Capitol Police officers also lay in honor in the Rotunda.
PunkinPi
(4,882 posts)Elijah Cummings laid in state in National Statuary Hall in the US Capitol, not the Capitol Rotunda.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/24/politics/elijah-cummings-lie-in-state-capitol/index.html
bottomofthehill
(8,353 posts)I waited in line to pay my respects to Mr Cummings. His remains were placed at the Main Door to the House Chamber with the Speakers and American Flag as the backdrop.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)malaise
(269,237 posts)I learn something new every day
PunkinPi
(4,882 posts)ChazII
(6,206 posts)in the hearse. The family is getting on the bus and will soon leave for the capitol building.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,694 posts)Hit mute. They have a problem with their audio.
https://www.fox5dc.com/live