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I'm so taken by this image. Rarely can we see into the House chamber floor through this door...
I'm so taken by this image. Rarely can we see into the House chamber floor through this door, and cameras are not allowed to face this way, so to have this view of Rep. Cummings at the open door of the chamber he served is just lovely.
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with only 2 other African Americans similarly memorialized, but "lain "in honor" -
Elijah Cummings lies in state at the Capitol
By Clare Foran, CNN
Updated 4:33 PM ET, Thu October 24, 2019
(pic appears to be the CBC)
Washington (CNN)Congressional leaders honored the late Rep. Elijah Cummings on Thursday as his body laid in state in National Statuary Hall in the US Capitol.
Cummings, a longtime Maryland Democrat and key figure leading investigations into President Donald Trump, died last week at the age of 68. The congressman's death prompted an outpouring of grief from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Cummings appears to be the first African American and African American lawmaker to lie in state in the US Capitol, according to congressional historians.
Lying in state is a tribute reserved for government officials and military officers, while lying in honor is a distinction given to private citizens. Two African Americans have lain in honor: civil rights icon Rosa Parks and Officer Jacob J. Chestnut Jr., a Capitol Police officer killed in the line of duty.
The formal arrival ceremony Thursday took place in Statuary Hall, an expansive room that houses a collection of statutes contributed by individual states to honor prominent individuals in their history.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/24/politics/elijah-cummings-lie-in-state-capitol/index.html
By Clare Foran, CNN
Updated 4:33 PM ET, Thu October 24, 2019
(pic appears to be the CBC)
Washington (CNN)Congressional leaders honored the late Rep. Elijah Cummings on Thursday as his body laid in state in National Statuary Hall in the US Capitol.
Cummings, a longtime Maryland Democrat and key figure leading investigations into President Donald Trump, died last week at the age of 68. The congressman's death prompted an outpouring of grief from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Cummings appears to be the first African American and African American lawmaker to lie in state in the US Capitol, according to congressional historians.
Lying in state is a tribute reserved for government officials and military officers, while lying in honor is a distinction given to private citizens. Two African Americans have lain in honor: civil rights icon Rosa Parks and Officer Jacob J. Chestnut Jr., a Capitol Police officer killed in the line of duty.
The formal arrival ceremony Thursday took place in Statuary Hall, an expansive room that houses a collection of statutes contributed by individual states to honor prominent individuals in their history.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/24/politics/elijah-cummings-lie-in-state-capitol/index.html
RIP,
We must all pick up where he left off.
RIP
... with his courage, leadership and patriotism. It's up to us to honor him by taking up the cross and following him. Thank you Elijah for all you have done. Be happy in your journey to the next level.
