A SOMBER CELEBRATION.

Today the great civil rights leader, John Lewis will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda. He will be the first black lawmaker to do so, but certainly not the last. If you've been following the news, you will be aware that he was greatly admired and respected and truly fit that the expression, "a man among men." Lewis will be deeply missed for his brilliance and bravery at a time when such virtues are so needed. Fittingly his life has been celebrated for days, notably when his flag-draped casket was carried across the rose-petal strewn historic bridge in Selma on a humble wagon pulled by two horses. It was at this very bridge 55 years ago that Mr. Lewis was nearly beaten to death. How appropriate that he now crosses it triumphantly as a national hero to the cheers of an adoring crowd.