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The Schedule of Tributes to John McCain: When and How He Will Be Remembered

The onetime senator's life volition be celebrated for five days in Arizona, Maryland and Washington. Here's how to pay respects.

Petty Officer Second Class Rebekah Rodriguez stood watch on Sunday outside the mortuary holding the body of Senator John McCain.

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Aug. 28, 2018

Updated Aug. 29, 2018

The v-24-hour interval flow of mourning for Senator John McCain, who died Saturday at age 81, began on Wednesday. On what would have been his 82nd altogether, Mr. McCain'south remains were escorted past military honor guard to the Arizona Capitol to lie in land, where his family and Arizona politicians historic his life and spent time side by side to his coffin. Members of the public lined up outside for a general viewing throughout the afternoon.

Many more Americans will turn out the rest of the calendar week to honor and reflect on Mr. McCain'south life, including former Presidents George W. Bush-league and Barack Obama, both of whom will speak Sabbatum at an invitation-only service at Washington National Cathedral.

One-time Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will speak Th at a funeral service in Phoenix. Members of the public will take several chances to view Mr. McCain, who will besides lie in state in the United States Capitol. Here's how to pay respects.

North Phoenix baptist Church

Thursday, 10 a.thousand. Mountain fourth dimension (ane p.m. Eastern)

A formal memorial service will exist held Th forenoon at the North Phoenix Baptist Church, which seats at least 3,000 people and is perched on a 40-acre slice of country. A limited number of tickets are available to the public. Mr. Biden, who served with Mr. McCain in the Senate for over a decade, will speak. A funeral procession through nearby streets will allow those who could not get in to the service to see Mr. McCain another way.

Other notable speakers: Larry Fitzgerald, football game role player for the Arizona Cardinals; Andrew McCain, ane of Mr. McCain'southward sons; Bridget McCain, i of his daughters.

Pallbearers: Richard Adkerson, David Drupe, Steven Betts, Charles Blackness, Don Brandt, Robert Delgado, Shane Doan, Luis Gonzales, Oliver Harper, Joseph Harper, Diane Humetewa, Chris Koch, George Weisz, Greg Wendt.

United States Capitol

Friday, xi a.m. Eastern

Mr. McCain'south torso, moved from Arizona to Washington by armed services ship, will prevarication in state Fri in the Capitol Rotunda, where his family and old colleagues will pay tribute. More than than 30 people have been honored this way, and Mr. McCain will be the 13th one-time senator to be granted the laurels, co-ordinate to the Architect of the Capitol.

The morning service, where Vice President Mike Pence, Senator Mitch McConnell and Representative Paul D. Ryan are to speak, will be alive-streamed. Members of the public can visit the Rotunda beginning at 2 p.1000.

Other notable speakers and wreath presenters: Senator Chuck Schumer, Rear Adm. Barry C. Black, clergyman of the Senate; the Rev. Patrick J. Conroy, S.J., chaplain of the House of Representatives.

Washington National Cathedral

Saturday, 10 a.m. Eastern

A substantial segment of official Washington will turn out Saturday morn to a individual memorial service at Washington National Cathedral, where Mr. Bush and Mr. Obama will deliver eulogies. Before he died, Mr. McCain's closest associates reportedly requested that President Trump, who has feuded with the senator, non appear at the ceremony, which will be streamed online. On the way there, Mr. McCain'due south motorcade will pause at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, where Cindy McCain, Mr. McCain'due south wife, will lay a wreath.

Other notable speakers: Meghan McCain and Sidney McCain, 2 of Mr. McCain's daughters; Jimmy McCain, ane of Mr. McCain'due south sons; former Senator Joseph Lieberman; Senator Lindsey Graham; former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger.

Pallbearers: Warren Beatty, Mr. Biden, Michael R. Bloomberg, former Secretary of Defense William Cohen, one-time Senator Russ Feingold, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Stephen Sprint, Richard Davis, Carla Eudy, one-time Senator Phil Gramm, one-time Senator Gary Hart, former Governor Tom Ridge, Mark Salter, Fred Smith, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.

U.s. Naval Academy

Sun, ii p.chiliad. Eastern

Mr. McCain, a Vietnam State of war veteran, will be buried at the Us Naval Academy on Sunday next to a lifelong friend, Chuck Larson. A handwritten sign already marks the site of the grave, a "cute spot overlooking the Severn River," as Mr. McCain wrote in his last book, "The Restless Wave." The Navy Choir will perform "Amazing Grace" at the beginning of the ceremony.

The academy, which he graduated from in 1958, has long been primal to Mr. McCain's telling of his biography: He made one of his last public appearances there in October. "I would observe that a sense of award had been imparted to me here that would speak to me in the darkest hours," he told the Brigade of Midshipmen. "Then I come up back, once more and over again, to the place where I learned to dread dishonor."

Other notable speakers: Gen. David Petraeus, retired; Douglas McCain and Jack McCain, 2 of Mr. McCain'southward sons.

Pallbearers: Cmdr. Everett Alvarez Jr., retired; Ben Domenech; Joseph Donoghue; Col. John Fer, retired; Capt. Frank Gamboa, retired; Michael Harper, Rear Adm. Thomas Lynch, retired; Defense Secretary Jim Mattis; Andrew McCain Jr.; Andrew McCain Sr.; Caroline McCain; Douglas McCain; Margaret McCain; Shep McCain; Ronald Perelman; John Raidt; Adm. John Richardson.