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The funeral was going to be that Monday morning. 

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And asked if I could come at, like, 
four o’clock in the morning. I said, “Sure.” 

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So I showed up at the Capitol, and for a couple hours, I,      

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just as the people came into the dome to see the body,

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I would show them where to go. 

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I took a break at sunrise.

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And I walked out on the balcony of the East Front. 

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And it was the most incredible scene.

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The sun was coming up, another beautiful fall, crisp, day—

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Supreme Court to my left, Library of Congress to my right, 

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East Capitol, the street, going right down between them. 

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The plaza was packed with people. 

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There were still people lined up on East Capitol 

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as far as the eye could see,

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and it was deathly quiet. 

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The only thing you could hear was people crying.

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I looked out at that scene

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and I said, “George, 

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don’t ever forget this. 

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You are a fly on the wall 

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of one of the most momentous events in American history. 
  

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And there’s nobody that can see, or that is seeing, 

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what you’re seeing right now.”

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I think that’s the last thing I’ll see 

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when my time comes.