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Omaha Steve

(99,669 posts) Thu Jul 23, 2020, 08:09 PM Jul 2020

Pelosi, McConnell announce John Lewis will lie in State

Source: The Hill

BY ZACK BUDRYK

The body of the late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Thursday.

An invitation-only arrival ceremony for the late congressman and civil rights leader will take place Monday at 1:30 p.m., and the public will be allowed to pay their respects Monday and Tuesday, according to congressional leaders. Lewis will lie in state at the top of the Capitol’s East Front Steps during the public viewing.

Anyone wishing to pay their respects will be required to wear masks in compliance with an order issued by Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), while social distancing will be “strictly enforced” according to the announcement.

Lewis’s family has asked those wishing to pay their respects not to travel across the country, citing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/508821-pelosi-mcconnell-announce-john-lewis-will-lie-in-state

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Pelosi, McConnell announce John Lewis will lie in State (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jul 2020 OP

That's great. I was wondering if this would happen, it's been unusually quiet about his arrangements George II Jul 2020 #1

No and No. sheshe2 Jul 2020 #5

"...it's been unusually quiet about his arrangements" Totally Tunsie Jul 2020 #10

Rep Lewis deserves this honor and respect irisblue Jul 2020 #2

Well deserved honor for such a great human. warmfeet Jul 2020 #3

I think he would appreciate the send-off... stillcool Jul 2020 #4

Fitting. GulfCoast66 Jul 2020 #6

Well deserved. sheshe2 Jul 2020 #7

I am glad BUT I'm sad and angry it had to happen during the pandemic progressive nobody Jul 2020 #8

He is so much more than a pandemic. tavernier Jul 2020 #12

Sad that it took death to get Mitch & Nancy together. oldsoftie Jul 2020 #9

Will McConnell be wearing his full formal Klan robes? NNadir Jul 2020 #11

George II

(67,782 posts)

1. That's great. I was wondering if this would happen, it's been unusually quiet about his arrangements

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Jul 23, 2020, 08:11 PM

Jul 2020

Now, will trump receive one of the invitation and, if so, will he accept?

sheshe2

(83,811 posts)

5. No and No.

Reply to George II (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 23, 2020, 08:20 PM

Jul 2020

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)

10. "...it's been unusually quiet about his arrangements"

Reply to George II (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 23, 2020, 09:18 PM

Jul 2020

Out of respect for civil rights leader Rev. C. T. Vivian who passed on the same day, John Lewis' family chose to keep his arrangements low-key.

Lewis and Vivian were close friends from the early days of the civil rights struggle.

Willie A. Watkins tasked with funerals of John Lewis and C.T. Vivian

In 1965 in Selma, they were each brutally beaten just a month apart while trying to register Black voters and bring attention to the generational plight of disenfranchised Blacks.

And last Friday, the Rev. C.T. Vivian and Congressman John Lewis died within hours of each other.

“They walked together, talked together and strategized together,” Willie A. Watkins said. “They took the beatings that others didn’t and survived unafraid. God took them at the ages of 95 and 80. And now here they are in the same room — together.”

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“Our concern is that we don’t want C.T. Vivian to be the shadows,” Watkins said. “We want to celebrate what he did, too, for us to be where we are today. And in doing so, we have put together a celebration.”

Details of Lewis’ funeral, who had been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1986, will be announced after Vivian’s service.

https://www.ajc.com/john-lewis/willie-a-watkins-tasked-with-funerals-of-john-lewis-and-ct-vivian/GAEX3UAHQRCBVDK74HMW56DQO4/