Washington says goodbye to Sen. Lindsey Graham

CongressWashington says goodbye to Sen. Lindsey GrahamA special ceremony at the Capitol and a funeral service at the National Cathedral on Tuesday will be private, but both events will be livestreamed for the public. Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Vitalii Nosach / Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleJuly 28, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTBy Scott Wong and Frank Thorp VWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, congressional colleagues and world leaders Tuesday will say their final goodbye to Sen. Lindsey Graham, the influential and colorful foreign policy hawk whose sudden death this month at age 71 stunned Washington and reverberated in capitals around the globe.Two days of ceremonies and funeral services will begin around 10 a.m. ET Tuesday when Graham’s casket arrives at the Capitol for a brief ceremony in the rotunda that will include nods to both his military service and his more than three decades in Congress. The ceremony will be private but livestreamed.From there, Graham’s casket will depart for Washington National Cathedral for an invitation-only funeral service at 2 p.m. ET. That also will be livestreamed.Trump is expected to speak at the funeral. Cabinet officials and congressional and military leaders are expected to be on hand, as are global leaders who viewed Graham as a key American ally on defense and foreign policy matters, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Also present will be Graham’s sister and successor, Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., who was sworn in to her late brother’s seat this month and plans to run for a full term in an Aug. 11 primary.Remembrances will continue at the South Carolina State House on Wednesday morning. Graham’s casket will be carried by a South Carolina State Guard horse-drawn military wagon, known as a caisson, followed by an F-16 flyover to mark his more than three decades in the A...