re: Billy Graham RIP

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he late Rev. Billy Graham, the Christian evangelist known as "America's Pastor," will lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda next week.

Graham's body will be brought to the Capitol on Wed., Feb 28 where he will lie in honor until Thursday.

Members of the public and Capitol Hill community are invited to pay their respects to the late reverend while he lies in rest.

Graham is only the fourth person to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. The three others were Rosa Parks in 2005 and the two Capitol police officers who died in the line of duty in 1998.

Upon the arrival of Graham’s casket, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will take part in a bicameral service.

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The Secret Service says it is preparing for President Donald Trump to attend The Rev. Billy Graham's funeral next Friday. The preparations started yesterday and “came into place quickly,” according to a Secret Service public affairs representative who deferred us to the White House for confirmation of the President’s visit.

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