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Billy motorcade arrives US Capitol

There are few distinctions in Congress as high as the one afforded the late Rev. Billy Graham at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday and Thursday. Graham will “lie in honor” in the Capitol Rotunda.


Note that Graham will “lie in honor,” not “in state.” We should refer to Graham as “lying in honor” rather than “lying in state.”

There is little which distinguishes someone from “lying in honor” rather that in “state.” Officially, “lying in honor” is one step below “lying in state.” The pomp and circumstance is much the same. But it formally is one level below “state.”


The Capitol Rotunda is considered to be the the most “holy” place in the American political experience. That’s why Congress reserves such ceremonies in the Rotunda for some of the country’s most-eminent citizens.

Former president Bush paid his respects to 'America's Pastor.'
Most of those honored in the Rotunda have lain in state. Henry Clay was the first in 1852. In recent memory, others have included President John F. Kennedy, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, Sen. Hubert Humphrey, D-Minn., Sen. and Rep. Claude Pepper, D-Fla., President Ronald Reagan and President Gerald Ford.

Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, was the last to lie in state in December, 2012. Inouye represented Hawaii in either the House or Senate since it was admitted to the union until he died in 2012.


President Ford was the last President to lie in state in late December 2006 and January 2007.

There are no official rules to determine who lies in state or in honor. But both bodies of Congress must approve a resolution sanctioning usage of the Rotunda for such an event.

But “lying in honor” appears to be a more recent phenomenon. Graham is the fourth such person to lie in honor in the Capitol. The three others were U.S. Capitol Police Officers Jacob Chestnut and John Gibson and civil rights icon Rosa Parks.

Chestnut and Gibson were killed during a July 1998 shootout at the Capitol. Until 9/11 Chestnut and Gibson were the only persons killed defending the U.S. Capitol. The others who died were aboard Flight 93, the plane which was headed toward the Capitol on 9/11 and crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Parks lay in honor in 2005.

Former president attends public viewing for the late Rev. Billy Graham.
Graham will have a military and USCP honor guard unit on hand inside the Capitol.

Fox News is told that a flight carrying Graham’s body will land tomorrow morning at Dulles International Airport outside Washington and be escorted via motorcade to the Capitol. Fox News has learned the motorcade will come from the Dulles Toll Road to I-66 and then into D.C. across the Roosevelt Bridge and down

The hearse carrying Graham will arrive at the Capitol around 10:30 a.m. ET. Military guards will then lift Graham’s casket and carry it up the East Front Steps of the Capitol and into the Rotunda.

Once inside the Rotunda, Graham’s body will rest on an unsanded, pine platform called the “catafalque.” Workers at the Capitol constructed the catafalque to hold the coffin of President Lincoln in 1865. Officials have used the catafalque used ever since for formal funerals and memorials on Capitol Hill, including Graham’s service.

The Architect of the Capitol used to keep the catafalque in the tomb at the Capitol, two floors below the Rotunda floor. That’s the spot where George Washington was originally to be buried. But instead, Washington is interred at Mount Vernon. They moved the catafalque to the Capitol Visitor’s Center when it opened in 2008.

President Trump will travel to the Capitol tomorrow morning for the service and lay a wreath. Only family members, lawmakers and other dignitaries will be present in the Rotunda for the service tomorrow morning. Members of the public can file through the Capitol to pay their respects beginning at 1 p.m. ET through the evening.

The honor guard will stand watch over Graham’s casket throughout the night. They will then escort Graham’s casket out of the Rotunda on Thursday morning. The public will not be permitted in the Capitol for the Thursday departure.

Billy Graham's body to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda Wednesday and Thursday.
The identities of some Americans who have laid in state are a mystery. That’s because Congress has held ceremonies for unknown soldiers from World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam conflict to lie in state in the Rotunda,

It’s also notable for who hasn’t laid in state or honor in the Capitol. Most Presidents lie in state. But the family of President Richard Nixon surrendered that honor, thinking some people may not be respectful.

There was an initial plan for Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio – the first American to orbit the Earth – to lay in state or honor in the Rotunda. Glenn first burst onto the public scene with his historic voyage in 1962, circling the globe three times. Glenn then retired from the Senate in 1999. But he lived until late 2016. Glenn’s plan evolved over time.

Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., the longest serving senator in U.S. history, did not lie in state or honor in the Rotunda. Instead, Byrd laid in repose in the Senate chamber.

Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., had no formal services in the Capitol. However, the hearse bearing Kennedy’s casket drove across the Capitol plaza en route to his final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery in 2009.

A special Amtrak train carried the body of Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., back to Washington after his death in 2013. Lautenberg lay in repose atop the catafalque in the Senate chamber before his burial at Arlington National Cemetery.


Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/27/what-to-know-as-billy-graham-becomes-fourth-citizen-to-lie-in-honor-at-us-capitol.html

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Billy Graham was an Anonymous Christian

Graham expressed inclusivist views, suggesting that people without explicit faith in Jesus can be saved. In a 1997 interview with Robert Schuller , Graham said

I think that everybody that loves or knows Christ, whether they are conscious of it or not, they are members of the body of Christ ... [God] is calling people out of the world for his name, whether they come from the Muslim world, or the Buddhist world or the non-believing world, they are members of the Body of Christ because they have been called by God. They may not know the name of Jesus but they know in their hearts that they need something they do not have, and they turn to the only light they have, and I think that they are saved and they are going to be with us in heaven.


Most Christians would swear that anyone who preaches this kind of message would never make heaven but these same Christians say that Billy Graham is in heaven

A true Christian and a Genuine Pastor. Lived a simple life.

whats Us capitol...
i dont know it

Awon ti pastopreneur. probably being flogged by the angels now

Hmmm Will this guarantee automatic ticket to heaven?

Okay

A life well lived

R I H
Oya bubu back to daura

It pays to serve the living God...

9c

yeyerolling:
Awon ti pastopreneur. probably being flogged by the angels now

You be fool sha

Not bad.

An inner racist. RIP anyways.

Rest on general

Currently listening to Lecrae ... If this life has anything to gain at all, I count it loss if I can hear you, feel you, cuz i need you, I can't walk this earth alone. I recognize I'm not my own...

This is how to honor a man of God! Nigerians should learn how to treat Pastors respectably jare.
Billy Graham was reportedly worth 25 million USD and he also handed his ministry to his son, Franklin. yet his ppl celebrated him. But here jobless ppl go dey track and blame Oyedepo and Adeboye for all their lives problem. Some of the ppl here screaming RIP would be the first to crase because Oyedepo handed over to his Son.

yeyerolling:
Awon ti pastopreneur. probably being flogged by the angels now

just a condom would have made the world minus one Mumu

People are here spewing rubb*sh. Y'all should think of how you will be remembered. Graham is remembered for the lives he impacted. What would you be remembered for? Something worthwhile? Or maybe nothing? Or maybe spewing innuendos about people who impacted others?.

Better start living your lives..... The clock is ticking.

yeyerolling:
Awon ti pastopreneur. probably being flogged by the angels now

In all things, get sense.

Impressive! The picture of him and former American Presidents is Really Legendary. I'll definitely be saving that for future references.

HigherEd:
This is how to honor a man of God! Nigerians should learn how to treat Pastors respectably jare.
Billy Graham was reportedly worth 25 million USD and he also handed his ministry to his son, Franklin. yet his ppl celebrated him. But here jobless ppl go dey track and blame Oyedepo and Adeboye for all their lives problem. Some of the ppl here screaming RIP would be the first to crase because Oyedepo handed over to his Son.

Stop comparing apple with orange

America should be security conscious with this event, people from that certain religion might want to use this avenue to throw some bombs, as they have been instructed by their book

A great ICON ,very very influential

It will be surprising that almost everyone will make heaven




Those I too know people don't want it that way, so they want to play God by giving us stricter measures





Make I jus face front



Good pastor.

yeyerolling:
Awon ti pastopreneur. probably being flogged by the angles now

Haba bros...at this your age??

hopefulLandlord:
Billy Graham was an Anonymous Christian

Graham expressed inclusivist views, suggesting that people without explicit faith in Jesus can be saved. In a 1997 interview with Robert Schuller , Graham said

I think that everybody that loves or knows Christ, whether they are conscious of it or not, they are members of the body of Christ ... [God] is calling people out of the world for his name, whether they come from the Muslim world, or the Buddhist world or the non-believing world, they are members of the Body of Christ because they have been called by God. They may not know the name of Jesus but they know in their hearts that they need something they do not have, and they turn to the only light they have, and I think that they are saved and they are going to be with us in heaven.


Most Christians would swear that anyone who preaches this kind of message would never make heaven but these same Christians say that Billy Graham is in heaven

Sorry that's not inclusivist teaching

Romans 8 : 28-30


28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called[/size][size=8pt] according to his purpose.

29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

RexTramadol1:
It will be surprising that almost everyone will make heaven




Those I too know people don't want it that way, so they want to play God by giving us stricter measures





Make I jus face front



Good pastor.

In my own honest opinion, everyone should make heaven irrespective of religious belief, provided you are good to others and live right.

But our religious leaders won't agree to this