Re: dear rosa parks

Thanks, Connie. I was supposed to say through monday. My guess is
they'll have to go through wednesday which is where that came from.
Her funeral, however, is wednesday, the schedule is as of today. <R>


Connie wrote:
> "mirandajoanhowe@xxxxxxxxx" <mirandaraven@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1130609381.285397.262830@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I am so very glad that Rosa Park's body will lie in state in the
> > capitol. Gosh! Only the second private citizen in 229 years! (The guy
> > who designed DC was the other). Tommorow through wednesday noon. I'll
> > warrant they'll have to extend that! <R>
> >
>
> And the first woman! And only the second Black!
>
> "Parks would be the first woman and second black American to receive the
> accolade. Jacob J. Chestnut, one of two Capitol police officers fatally shot
> in 1998, was the first black American to lie in honor, said Senate historian
> Richard Baker.
>
> Parks also would be the second nongovernmental official to be commemorated
> that way. The remains of Pierre L'Enfant - the French-born architect who was
> responsible for the design of Washington, D.C. - stopped at the Capitol in
> 1909 - 84 years after his death in 1825."

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