Why didn't Ted Kennedy lie in State?

[ghostsinthemachine]

Looking up those that have and I notice his name is missing. Why not?

[ginnyinWI]

1. He did. I remember it. nt

[ghostsinthemachine]

4. Hes not listed

I thought he was, but hes not listed.

https://www.aoc.gov/nations-stage/lying-state-honor

[lillypaddle]

5. In Boston, I believe nt

[Sneederbunk]

8. Not in state but at the Kennedy Library.

[Control-Z]

6. I thought I remembered that too.

I was crushed when Teddy passed. It felt like I had lost a family member.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Maybe he or his family didn't want it at the Capitol for some reason.

All of the ceremonies were held in Massachusetts, but he did lie in state there.

[still_one]

3. ...............................

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6098586/Ted-Kennedy-motorcade-takes-senator-to-lie-in-state-in-Boston.html

[Justice]

7. Don't know - certainly could have, perhaps because died on Cape?

Lied in repose at John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum until funeral in Boston, then buried in Arlington.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2009/08/lying_in_repose_v_lying_in_sta.html

An associate historian in the Senate Historical Office said "he doesn't know if congressional leadership extended an invitation to Kennedy's family for the senator to lie in state in the Capitol rotunda. There was speculation that he might."

Also good discussion on lying in state versus lying in repose. Kennedy did not lie in state b/c not in a government building.

[Solly Mack]

9. To lie in repose (Kennedy) as opposed to lie in state.

To lie in repose, which is what happened when Kennedy died, means public viewing outside of a primary government building - such as the capitol rotunda.

To lie in state means a public viewing inside said primary government building.

There is a difference.

The Kennedy family chose for the Senator to lie in repose at his brother's presidential library - for obvious reasons.