Saturday, 26 September 2020

A photo essay: the capital mourns a week after Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death

Photographs by Lexey Swall On Friday, Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the first woman in American history to lie in state in the US Capitol, 168 years after the first man to do so. The mood in the capital was somber and reverential. In the late supreme court justice, the city had not only lost an icon but “a 40-year resident, a meticulous, familiar, and revered part of the daily landscape”, according to DCist. Continue reading...
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