Rep. John Lewis' Body Arrives at Capitol to Lie in State |

UPDATE:

John Lewis will lie in repose at the Georgia capitol in his hometown of Atlanta in one of the last memorial services for the late Democratic congressman before he is buried.

Members of the public will be able to pay their respects to Lewis on Wednesday at the state capitol rotunda following a ceremony to honor him.

A private burial service in Atlanta is scheduled for Thursday. Lewis died July 17 at the age of 80.

Born to sharecroppers during Jim Crow segregation, he was beaten by Alabama state troopers during the civil rights movement and spoke ahead of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech at the 1963 March on Washington.

ORIGINAL STORY:

The body of the late Rep. John Lewis has arrived at the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers gather to pay tribute to the long-time Georgia lawmaker and icon of the civil rights movement.

A plane carrying Lewis' casket arrived at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington just after 8 a.m. PT Monday following a weekend of services in Alabama, where he was born, honoring his legacy and lifelong fight for civil rights. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of Lewis' family met the plane.

After Lewis' casket was loaded into a hearse, the funeral procession drove to the U.S. Capitol, proceeding past landmarks including the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House and the Supreme Court. Mourners lined the streets along the route, and as the hearse paused in Black Lives Matter Plaza, "Amazing Grace" could be heard playing.

On Sunday, the longtime Georgia congressman made his final trip across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, the same bridge he crossed more than 50 years ago in the march to Montgomery. The day of the march, March 7, 1965, would become known as "Bloody Sunday."

After his casket was brought across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in a horse-drawn caisson, Lewis lay in repose in the Alabama Capitol on Sunday afternoon.

Lewis died July 17 at the age of 80, months after he was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer.