WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hundreds of people honored the life and legacy of Congressman John Lewis in our nation’s capitol. Now, he’s on his way back to Atlanta.
Channel 2 Action News had a team of reporters and photographers in Washington D.C. covering the tributes to Lewis’ impact on people.
Channel 2′s Dave Huddleston was at U.S. Capitol as people stood outside in the heat to pay their respects. Huddleston spoke with several people about why they came to pay their respects.
Je’ Wesley lives in Atlanta but made trips to Selma, Alabama and Washington, D.C. for the memorials. He said it’s the least he could go for Lewis.
“He paved the way for people like me, as a black man to have some level of success in life and I just wanted to say thank you for that,” Wesley said.
Lewis’ body will stay at the Capitol until 10 p.m. and is scheduled to arrive in Atlanta Wednesday morning.
Road closures
Auburn Avenue will be closed to traffic between Boulevard and Jackson Street from 5 p.m. Wednesday until 1 p.m. Thursday. And Jackson Street will be shut down between Auburn Avenue and Irwin Street from 11 p.m. Wednesday until 1 p.m. Thursday, police said.
Street closed due to Rep. John Lewis service
Here is the schedule for Lewis memorials and services in Atlanta. Channel 2 Action News will have live Team 2 coverage all day Wednesday and Thursday throughout newscasts and WSB Now stream on our free app.
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Remembering Rep. John Lewis A program is seen on a seat inside of the Capitol Rotunda prior to a service honoring the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., Monday, July 27, 2020 in Washington. (Michael A. McCoy/Pool via AP) (Michael A. McCoy/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis A wreath is shown prior to the start of a memorial service for Rep. John Lewis, D- Ga., in the Capitol Rotunda, Monday, July 27, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via AP, Pool) (Matt McClain /AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis The flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is carried by a joint services military honor guard to the hearse, Monday, July 27, 2020, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) (Alex Brandon/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis The flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is placed into the hearse by a joint services military honor guard to the hearse, Monday, July 27, 2020, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) (Alex Brandon/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis The flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is carried by a joint services military honor guard to the hearse, Monday, July 27, 2020, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) (Alex Brandon/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis A hearse with the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., drives toward the U.S. Capitol Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) (Alex Brandon/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis Construction workers watch as a hearse with the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., passes by Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) (Alex Brandon/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis People stand on the side of the road and watch as a hearse with the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., passes by Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) (Alex Brandon/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis Metropolitan Police Department officers salute as a hearse with the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., passes by Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) (Alex Brandon/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis A hearse with the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., pauses in front of the Lincoln Memorial Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) (Alex Brandon/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis People watch as a hearse with the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., drives by in the Lincoln Memorial Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) (Alex Brandon/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis A woman looks at an image of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., that is displayed along a section of 16th Street that's been renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, Monday, July 27, 2020, after the hearse carrying Lewis moved through the area. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis The hearse carrying the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., moves along a section of 16th Street that's been renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis The hearse with the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., drives on 16th Street, renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) (Alex Brandon/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, right, presents a Black Lives Matter Plaza street sign to a representative of the family as the hearse with the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., drives on 16th Street, renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) (Alex Brandon/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis Family members walk as the hearse with the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., arrives at the U.S. Capitol Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) (Alex Brandon/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis People watch as the hearse with the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., drives by Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) (Alex Brandon/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis The hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., arrives at the U.S. Capitol Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (Leah Millis/Pool via AP) (LEAH MILLIS/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis A man holds his hands on his head prior to a memorial service to honor the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in the Capitol Rotunda, Monday, July 27, 2020 in Washington, Lewis will lie in state at the Capitol for two days before being laid to rest in Atlanta. ( Michael A. McCoy/Pool via AP) (Michael A. McCoy/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis A woman reads a program prior to the start of a memorial service for Rep. John Lewis, D- Ga., in the Capitol Rotunda, Monday, July 27, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via AP, Pool) (Matt McClain /AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis From left, Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., and Rep. Stacey Plaskett, D-At Large, VI., talk prior to the start of a ceremony for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., Monday, July 27, 2020 at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool) (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., reads the program prior to a memorial service to honor the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in the Capitol Rotunda, Monday, July 27, 2020 in Washington, Lewis will lie in state at the Capitol for two days before being laid to rest in Atlanta. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP) (SHAWN THEW/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis Members of the Congressional Black Caucus from left, Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., Rep. Marsha Fudge, D-Ohio and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Ohio, pose for a photo prior to the start of a ceremony for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., Monday, July 27, 2020 at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool) (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, looks on prior to a memorial service to honor the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in the Capitol Rotunda, Monday, July 27, 2020 in Washington, Lewis will lie in state at the Capitol for two days before being laid to rest in Atlanta. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP) (SHAWN THEW/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis The casket of Rep. John Lewis moves over the Edmund Pettus Bridge by horse drawn carriage during a memorial service for Lewis, Sunday, July 26, 2020, in Selma, Ala. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (Brynn Anderson/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis The flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is carried by a joint services military honor guard to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (Doug Mills/Pool via AP) (Doug Mills/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis The flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is carried by a joint services military honor guard to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (Doug Mills/Pool via AP) (Doug Mills/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis The flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is carried by a joint services military honor guard to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (Doug Mills/Pool via AP) (Doug Mills/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis The flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is carried by a joint services military honor guard to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (Doug Mills/Pool via AP) (Doug Mills/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis A security guard peers into peers into the Capitol Rotunda as a memorial service for Rep. John Lewis, D- Ga., is held on Monday, July 27, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via AP, Pool) (Matt McClain /AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis The flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is placed on the catafalque by a joint services military honor guard to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via AP, Pool) (Matt McClain /AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis The flag-draped casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a key figure in the civil rights movement and a 17-term congressman from Georgia, lies in state, Monday, July 27, 2020 at the Capitol in Washington,. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool) (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis The flag-draped casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a key figure in the civil rights movement and a 17-term congressman from Georgia, lies in state, Monday, July 27, 2020 at the Capitol in Washington,. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool) (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks during a memorial service for Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., at the U.S. Capitol, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via AP, Pool) (Matt McClain /AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., listen during a memorial service for Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., at the U.S. Capitol, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via AP, Pool) (Matt McClain /AP)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a memorial service for Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., at the U.S. Capitol, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via AP, Pool) (Matt McClain /AP)
Wednesday, July 29 - Atlanta
ARRIVAL
Casket of John Lewis arrives at Dobbins Air Force base
ATLANTA’S SERVANT LEADER
Special Ceremony
Rotunda, Georgia State Capitol
2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Rep. John Lewis Lies in State
Rotunda, Georgia State Capitol
3 p.m. – 7 p.m.
8 p.m. – 8 a.m.
Open to the public. Attendees will be required to wear face and mouth coverings.
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Omega Service
Rotunda, Georgia State Capitol
7 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Attendees will be required to wear face and mouth coverings.
THURSDAY, July 30
A LIFETIME OF SERVICE
A Celebration of Life
Ebenezer Baptist Church Horizon Sanctuary
11 a.m.
Given COVID-19 precautions, this event is not open to the public. Attendees will be required to wear face and mouth coverings.
Interment
South-View Cemetery
People can post video, photos, songs, or any kind of virtual tribute to Rep. Lewis using #BelovedCommunity or #HumanDignity or leave a written tribute at www.theJohnLewisLegacy.com.
John Lewis crosses Edmund Pettus Bridge one last time in special ceremony The Edmund Pettus Bridge is the site of the ?Bloody Sunday? march in 1965.
