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RBGinsburg, who died last week at the age of 88, also became the first American Jew to be armored there and the second Supreme Court Justice. The first, former Chief Justice William Howard Taft was also President of the United States.
The casket with RBGinsburg’s remains was brought to the Capitol Sculpture Hall on Friday, where a private farewell ceremony was held. Relatives and legislators from RBGinsburg attended. The ceremony featured music performed by mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, one of RBGinsburg’s opera soloists. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, planned to attend the farewell.
Members of the House of Senators, who had not been invited to the ceremony due to the limit of the coronavirus pandemic, had the opportunity to pay their last respects to the deceased before the coffin, accompanied by motorcyclists, was removed from the Capitol in the afternoon.
The honor of being fed on Capitol Hill was bestowed upon only a few dozen people, mostly presidents, vice presidents, and members of Congress. John Lewis, a former member of the House of Representatives who died in July, was the last to be armored there.
Photo by Ruth Bader Ginsburg funeral / SCANPIX
The first to be fed at the palace was Henry Clay, a Kentucky spokesman who died in 1852. The honor was also bestowed on civil rights activist Rosa Parks in 2005. She was the only non-civil servant who ever fed in The capitol.
For two days, the coffin with the remains of RBGinsburg was in the Supreme Court, where thousands of people came to pay the last tribute to the judges, including the president of the United States, Donald Trump, who arrived on Thursday with his wife Melania.
The anti-Trump protesters chanted in the street “Let’s not choose him”, “Respect his wish”, taking into account the wish expressed by RBGinsburg not to name his successor until the new president is sworn in.
Despite RBGinsburg’s request and objections from Democrats, the head of state is rushing to implement pre-election plans to fill a court seat where RBGinsburg has turned 27 and her successor is promised to be announced on Saturday.
RBGinsburg, the second Justice of the United States Supreme Court, will be buried next week in Arlington National Cemetery alongside her husband Martin, who died in 2010.
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