House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday announced plans for Lewis' body to lie in state in the US Capitol Rotunda next week with an invitation-only arrival ceremony on Monday at 1:30 p.m. ET. A motorcade will travel throughout Washington on its way from Joint Base Andrews to the Capitol, passing numerous locations including Black Lives Matter Plaza, the site of Lewis' last public appearance.
Read MoreAs a precaution due to the coronavirus pandemic, a public viewing will take place outdoors, with Lewis' body lying in state at the top of the East Front Steps of the Capitol. Members of the public will be able to pay their respects on Monday and Tuesday while following social-distancing and DC mask guidelines.The public viewing line will start at 6 p.m. ET and go until 10 p.m. ET on Monday and from 8 a.m. ET until 10 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
Where is 45?
John McCain didn't exactly set the Bar very high. 😉
Watched the procession around DC and the ceremony. How sad that a great man lies in State in the Capitol while an idiot slithers around the halls of the WH.
What a shame. It would be better putting through a wood shredder
Keeping him on ice for two weeks?
realDonaldTrump is undermining all that was done ... Crimes against humanity are certain acts that are purposely committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian or an identifiable part of a civilian population.
A great Man deserves more than this honor
rightly so. damn legend.
I would love to go, but I don’t want Covid.
How did he make black people's lives better. He talked a lot. I'll wait.
This late?
Waste of space. He was arrogant. I met him twice. A jerk.
Sorry but still don’t know what he did that was so important...
John Lewis is the true representation of heroism BlackLivesMatter
A Great Man no words could do him Justice.
Too many of us are too busy telling white people that we are now ready to be integrated into their society... I am convinced that this country is a racist country. The majority of the population is white, and most whites still hold a master-slave mentality.' - John Lewis
hey, pass the bill, rename the bridge! a new statue, rename a base! acknowledge our national treasure! mybest jon
Social distancing will be ' strictly enforced ' according to the announcement .
Rep.John Lewis will lie in state at the top of Capitol's East Front steps during the public viewing .
Pelosi , McConnell announce John Lewis will lie in state .
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