Rosa Parks is one of only 31 people total, and the only person to receive this honor that was not an employee of the federal government. A majority of the people who have lain in state are presidents, senators, and so on. She joined the ranks of people like Lincoln, Pershing, Hoover, the unknown soldier of WWI, etc. For comparison, there have been 3400 recipients of the Medal of Honor.
Number1AbeLincolnFan on December 15th, 2017 at 17:36 UTC »
Rosa Parks is one of only 31 people total, and the only person to receive this honor that was not an employee of the federal government. A majority of the people who have lain in state are presidents, senators, and so on. She joined the ranks of people like Lincoln, Pershing, Hoover, the unknown soldier of WWI, etc. For comparison, there have been 3400 recipients of the Medal of Honor.
ThatGuy502 on December 15th, 2017 at 17:55 UTC »
My favorite news story about JFK's funeral and possibly one of the greatest pieces of American journalism in the last 50 years https://www.poynter.org/news/today-media-history-jimmy-breslins-1963-jfk-column-its-honor
amaklp on December 15th, 2017 at 19:07 UTC »
I think it inspired that shot in Game of Thrones for the King's funeral.