Colleagues and leaders remember civil rights icon and longtime Congressman John Lewis
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Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., places his hand over his heart as a hearse with the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., passes by the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building Monday, July 27, in Washington.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A hearse with the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., pauses in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Monday, July 27, in Washington, on way to the Capitol.ASSOCIATED PRESS
The flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is carried by a joint services military honor guard to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol, Monday, July 27, in Washington.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, and Jill Biden reach out and touch the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a key figure in the civil rights movement and a 17-term congressman from Georgia, as he lies in state at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 27.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A faith in politics group organized by Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., to have annual trips to Selma, is the last group of the day to walk past the flag-draped casket Lewis, as he lies in state at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 27.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden stands at right, as Jill Biden touches the flag-draped casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a key figure in the civil rights movement and a 17-term congressman from Georgia, as he lies in state at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 27.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden salutes at the flag-draped casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a key figure in the civil rights movement and a 17-term congressman from Georgia, as he lies in state at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 27.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, with Jill Biden, left, touches the flag-draped casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga, as he lies in state at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 27.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A faith in politics group organized by Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., to have annual trips to Selma, is the last group of the day to walk past the flag-draped casket Lewis, as he lies in state at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 27.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People pray around the flag-draped casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga, as he lies in state at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 27.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People pray around the flag-draped casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga, as he lies in state at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 27.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus pause at the flag-draped casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a key figure in the civil rights movement and a 17-term congressman from Georgia, as he lies in state at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 27.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, and Jill Biden, pause by the flag-draped casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga, as he lies in state at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 27.ASSOCIATED PRESS
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell talk prior to the beginning of a service for the late Rep. John Lewis, a key figure in the civil rights movement and a 17-term congressman from Georgia, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 27.ASSOCIATED PRESS
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a service for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a key figure in the civil rights movement and a 17-term congressman from Georgia, as he lies in state at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 27.ASSOCIATED PRESS
The flag-draped casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a key figure in the civil rights movement and a 17-term congressman from Georgia, lies in state, Monday, July 27, at the Capitol in Washington.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus reach in and touch the flag-draped casket of civil rights pioneer Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who died July 17, in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Monday, July 27.