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South Carolinians will be able to pay their respects to the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in person at the end of July.
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Services for will be held in Columbia and Pickens County on Wednesday, July 29, according to Graham’s office. Graham grew up in Central, a small town near Clemson University.
Graham, a longtime U.S. Senator, died suddenly Saturday.
A Washington, D.C. memorial will be held the day prior on Tuesday, July 28.
Additional details about the memorials are expected later.
Graham died the evening of July 11, with a preliminary report indicating he died from an aortic dissection — a tear in the aorta— due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Graham’s colleagues mourned him in Washington, D.C. this week, with several lawmakers giving speeches remembering him. U.S. Capitol and South Carolina government flags were flown at half-staff in honor of the late senior senator.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Scott said Wednesday requests from world leaders to attend Graham’s funeral held up scheduling.
“The funeral arrangements have been complicated by the fact that so many global leaders would like to attend,” Scott said. “And so the process of figuring out when the National Cathedral would be made available at the exact same time that the global leaders who want to come, and all the other national leaders who will be there, that has made it a little more difficult to get it done this week.”
World leaders, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, mourned Graham’s death Sunday. Graham was a staunch supporter of the country’s international allies, and he had just reportedly just returned from his 10th trip to Ukraine.
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