Rep. John Lewis will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda, the first African American lawmaker to lie in state there. Rep. Elijah Cummings had lain in state in 2019, but not in the Rotunda (an earlier version of the graphic left out National Statuary Hall).
WASHINGTON – As he prepared for the invocation for Lewis’ service, Grainger Browning Jr. wanted to highlight Lewis’ humble beginnings and his life’s work on voting rights.
Browning said he’d bonded with Lewis on a plane ride to Alabama in March for the congressman’s annual pilgrimage to Selma to commemorate “Bloody Sunday.” During one event, Browning delivered a prayer at the historic Brown Chapel A.M.E. where Lewis and other civil rights protesters sought refuge during the 1965 walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
“John Lewis brought the world here today because his impact and legacy will be forever known around the world,” Georgia state Rep. Rep. Vernon Jones told USA TODAY after Lewis’ hearse drove through the plaza, located near the White House. “I am a living product of John Lewis.” The honor guard carried Lewis' casket to the center of the rotunda and, with bowed heads, placed it on the catafalque constructed in 1865 to support Abraham Lincoln's casket.
Pelosi said Lewis’ identification with Lincoln was clear 57 years ago when, at the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial, Lewis declared,"Our minds, souls, and hearts cannot rest until freedom and justice exist for all the people.” As Christian vocalist Wintley Phipps sang an emotional version of"Amazing Grace," Rep. Johanna Hayes, D-Conn., saw Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-N.Y., crying. She reached into her purse and handed him a tissue.
“He sacrificed so much for people that he had never met to make this country strive towards a more perfect Union,” Sen. Tim Scott, the first African American senator from South Carolina, said after the ceremony. “It’s a hero’s farewell and earned, deserved in every way.”President Donald Trump said Monday he would not be attending Lewis' memorial services at the Capitol this week.
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