Thank you for a beautiful and moving post. I live here in the D.C. area but didn't think I could handle going down there.
Thank you ever so much for sharing.
It is a moving experience, but, if you can manage to do so, I urge you to go down there -- the Rotunda is open through the night tonight, and, were I in the DC area, I would consider going there to pay my respects in the wee hours of Friday morning. I would imagine, that, at that hour, the atmosphere would be even more solemn and reverent.
Thanks so much for the kind comments.