The caisson that will be used for Rep. John Lewis is being led by two black horses and is modeled after the one Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had for his funeral, a family spokesperson said.
Lewis' body will make the final journey across the famous bridge in Selma, Alabama, where he helped lead a march for voting rights in 1965.
Some history: At age 25, Lewis and other marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge were met by heavily armed state and local police who attacked them with clubs, fracturing Lewis' skull.
Following a short ceremony outside of Brown Chapel AME Church, Lewis' body will travel on a horse-drawn caisson through several blocks of downtown Selma until it reaches the base of the bridge shortly after 10 a.m. local time.
Lewis' casket on the caisson will cross the bridge alone. The caisson will pause as it crosses the bridge beneath the awning that bears the bridge's name for approximately one minute.
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