The Chief in Repose in the Great Hall

I went to pay my respects today. A friend and I waited in line for about 45 minutes to get inside the building. They were only letting a small group in at a time, which makes sense. The flag-draped coffin in the Great Hall, surrounded by the busts of the fifteen previous Chiefs; the honor guard; the mourners. The official portrait, with gold stripes nonetheless. Quite a scene.

Plus the same catafalque as Lincoln's casket sat upon in 1865.

It was an eerily solemn event. We even got to see the changing of the honor guard.