#Late Rep. John Lewis to begin lie in state in US Capitol
“#Late Rep. John Lewis to begin lie in state in US Capitol”
July 27, 2020 | 10:44am | Updated July 27, 2020 | 10:45am
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Rep. Lewis (D-Ga.) is expected to arrive at Joint Base Andrews at 11 a.m., at which point a motorcade procession will take his remains through numerous significant historical landmarks — including the Lincoln Memorial, the African American Museum and Black Lives Matter Plaza — before reaching the Capitol.
The Georgia Democrat’s casket will then be brought up the steps of the Capitol and inside the rotunda, where Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will deliver remarks during an invitation-only ceremony beginning at 1:30 p.m.
According to plans released by Pelosi and McConnell, their speeches will be followed be a presentation of wreaths by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (D-Calif.) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC).
Afterward, House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC), a longtime friend of Lewis, will give the benediction.
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and Vice President Mike Pence, along with their wives Dr. Jill Biden and second lady Karen Pence, respectively, will be among those attending Monday’s ceremony.
The ceremony was limited in attendance size in an effort to adhere to social distancing guidelines as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Pelosi and McConnell said.
At 6 p.m., Lewis’ casket will be moved to to the steps at the East Front of the Capitol for public viewing until 10 PM. The public viewing will resume Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. and go until 10 p.m.
The decision to move his body outside will allow mourners to walk past his casket while still adhering to CDC guidelines to stop the spread of the novel virus. Pelosi and McConnell said in their announcement that social distancing rules would be “strictly enforced.”
When announcing plans for funeral and memorial services, Lewis’ family asked that people not travel to the nation’s capital from across the country as a result of the pandemic.
Instead, they requested people post virtual tributes to social media and use the hashtags, “#BelovedCommunity” or “#HumanDignity.”
Lewis died earlier this month from stage-4 pancreatic cancer at the age of 80. He had been diagnosed in December of last year.
First elected in 1986 and lauded as “the conscience of Congress,” Lewis, a staunch Democrat, commanded respect from both sides of the aisle.
He forged his reputation in the 1960s, most notably during the 1965 civil rights march in Selma, Alabama, during which he suffered a skull fracture at the end of a police billy club.
“There is still work yet to be done,” he urged during a 50th-anniversary event at the bridge in 2015.
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“Get out there and push and pull until we redeem the soul of America.”
McConnell had hailed Lewis as a “pioneering civil rights leader who put his life on the line to fight racism, promote equal rights, and bring our nation into greater alignment with its founding principles.”
Pelosi described Lewis as “one of the greatest heroes of American history” and “a titan of the civil rights movement whose goodness, faith and bravery transformed our nation.”
With Post wires
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