[conservative in nyc]

The Rotunda is certainly impressive, but the Simi Library repose seemed more intimate...

The Library repose was more intimate. The Rotunda repose is more awe-inspiring due to the location and historical significance. President Reagan's coffin is lying on a pedestal some of whose boards were used to hold President Lincoln's coffin when he was lying in repose at the Capitol.

[longtermmemmory]

Listening to the Capitol historian, it is unchanged from the time of Lincoln the cloth might be new give the hundred year span but it is the same wood constructed object.

With only 2 hourse and 38 minutes to go I imagine they will move people much faster. They must have cut the line off outside by now.