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COLUMBIA — Plans are set for two funeral services honoring Lindsey Graham after his sudden death from a torn aorta July 11.
The first service, on July 28, will be in Washington, D.C., while a second the next day will be held in Columbia, according to the office of U.S. Sen. Darline Graham, his sister whom Gov. Henry McMaster tapped last week to finish his term.
“I am grateful to all those who have come together to help honor and remember Lindsey,” Graham said in a statement.
The July 28 service will start with a private ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. A military team will carry his remains into the Rotunda where there will be a short program honoring his service in the U.S. Senate. It will be livestreamed.
From there, his body will go to the Washington National Cathedral for an invitation-only funeral service at 2 p.m., which will include remarks from President Donald Trump. It will also be livestreamed.
The South Carolina ceremony will start at the Statehouse around 10:45 a.m., on July 29, with a public funeral procession starting from the south side of the building down Main Street to the First Baptist Church of Columbia.
It will include a law enforcement from across the state and an 11 a.m., F-16 flyover from the fighter wing based at McEntire Joint National Guard Base. Lindsey Graham’s remains will be carried by a detachment of the S.C. State Guard.
The funeral service at First Baptist, a large church on Hampton Street, is public. Seating is first come, first served.
Graham will be buried during a private family ceremony in Pickens County.
He was first elected to the Senate in 2002 following four terms in the U.S. House.
