John Lewis' celebration of life begins in Alabama: Six day journey begins in Troy

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The body of Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights leader and Georgia politician, began its six-day journey in a celebration of life Saturday, with its first stops in Troy and Selma Alabama.

Lewis, 80, died on July 17 after a six-month battle with cancer.

His casket, accompanied by a military honor guard, arrived draped in an American flag at Troy University ahead of "A Service Celebrating 'The Boy from Troy'" on Saturday.

The event, with planned speeches from two of his 10 siblings-- his brother, Henry "Grant" Lewis, and sister, Rosa Mae Tyner-- and a rendition of "Hero," from Sheila Jackson, will pay homage to Lewis' history in the city that set off his activism alongside Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1958.

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