Details about John McCain’s funeral services have been announced after the longtime Arizona senator died on Saturday. McCain, who died roughly a year after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer, was 81. McCain will lie in state in both the Arizona Capitol and the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday and Friday, respectively, before his burial in a private service in Annapolis on Sunday, a McCain family spokesperson confirmed on Monday. Here’s what we know so far about McCain’s memorial services and funeral, as tributes to the lawmaker and war hero continue to pour in. Services will begin in Arizona on Wednesday McCain will be memorialized at ceremonies in Arizona and Washington, D.C. this week. The late senator will first lie in state at the Arizona State Capitol, where a private ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. PST on Wednesday, which would have been McCain’s 82nd birthday. “Only John McCain could rig a big birthday celebration for himself, like this,” McCain family spokesperson Rick Davis said at a press conference on Monday. Former Sen. Jon Kyl, who has been discussed as a possible successor for McCain, will make remarks. And Sen. Jeff Flake will give a benediction. Members of the public will be invited to pay their respects at the State Capitol from 1 p.m. through 8 p.m. PST on Wednesday. “I have reassurances that as long as there are people in line to file through to see John, the capitol will remain open,” Davis said Monday. On Thursday, a memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. PST at the North Phoenix Baptist Church, where former Vice President Joe Biden and others will give tributes to McCain. There will then be a small private ceremony at Sky Harbor Airport on Thursday, witnessed by active duty Arizona National Guard members, as McCain departs Arizona for the last time. McCain will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol McCain will lie in state at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Friday, where a ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. EST. House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Vice President Mike Pence and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will present wreaths during the service. Members of the public will be allowed to pay their respects from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m EST. McCain will become the 13th senator to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda, an honor reserved for the nation’s “most eminent citizens,” according to the Architect of the Capitol. “The nation mourns the loss of a great American patriot, a statesman who put his country first and enriched this institution through many years of service. The Senate is keeping Cindy, the McCain family, all John’s friends and staff, and the people of Arizona in our prayers at this tremendously difficult time,” McConnell said in a statement confirming the senator would lie in state at the U.S. Capitol. “I appreciate my colleagues and the entire Senate and House family’s assistance with this honor.” On Saturday, the McCain family will escort the late senator along Pennsylvania Avenue to the Vietnam War Memorial, where they will place a wreath in his honor. At 10 a.m. EST, there will be another memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral “focused on his national and global leadership,” Davis said. McCain’s children will deliver a tribute and read a poem. Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former President George W. Bush and former President Barack Obama will all deliver remarks at the National Cathedral. McCain’s office said a livestream will be available for the services at the North Phoenix Baptist Church, the U.S. Capitol and the Washington National Cathedral. Two former presidents will eulogize McCain Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush — who both defeated McCain in presidential contests — are slated to speak at McCain’s service at the National Cathedral, Davis said at Monday’s press conference. “These were bitter contests, both of them,” Flake told the AP. “To ask them to speak at your funeral, and for them to be honored at the opportunity, that tells you all you need to know.” Both men have released statements honoring the longtime Arizona senator, with Bush calling him “a man of deep conviction and a patriot of the highest order.” Obama, in his statement, recognized McCain’s commitment to his country, writing that, “…we shared, for all our differences, a fidelity to something higher — the ideals for which generations of Americans and immigrants alike have fought, marched, and sacrificed.” Despite those heartfelt sentiments, McCain reportedly wanted to keep his funeral simple, telling “60 Minutes” last year that the ceremony should include “a couple of people that stand up and say, ‘This guy, he served his country,'” CBS reports. And last year, during an appearance on The View, McCain said he’d like to be remembered as someone who “served his country” and was “proud of his family and his daughter.” President Trump will not attend McCain’s services There will be one notable absence from McCain’s services, which President Donald Trump does not plan to attend. Trump and McCain frequently feuded, and McCain offered a veiled rebuke of Trump’s policies in a farewell letter released Monday. “Despite our differences on policy and politics, I respect Senator John McCain’s service to our country and, in his honor, have signed a proclamation to fly the flag of the United States at half-staff until the day of his interment,” Trump said in a statement Monday afternoon, after facing criticism for raising the flag at the White House back to full staff Monday morning. “I have asked Vice President Mike Pence to offer an address at the ceremony honoring Senator McCain at the United States Capitol this Friday,” Trump said in the statement, adding that he asked Chief of Staff John Kelly, Secretary of Defense James Mattis and National Security Advisor John Bolton to represent the Administration at McCain’s services. McCain will be buried in the U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery McCain will be laid to rest in a private ceremony on Sunday at the U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Md., according to McCain’s office. His grave site will overlook the Severn River and will be next to that of his old friend, Adm. Chuck Larson. Get our Politics Newsletter. The headlines out of Washington never seem to slow. Subscribe to The D.C. Brief to make sense of what matters most. Please enter a valid email address. * The request timed out and you did not successfully sign up. Please attempt to sign up again. Sign Up Now An unexpected error has occurred with your sign up. Please try again later. Check the box if you do not wish to receive promotional offers via email from TIME. You can unsubscribe at any time. By signing up you are agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Thank you! For your security, we've sent a confirmation email to the address you entered. Click the link to confirm your subscription and begin receiving our newsletters. If you don't get the confirmation within 10 minutes, please check your spam folder. Write to Jamie Ducharme at jamie.ducharme@time.com and Katie Reilly at Katie.Reilly@time.com.<doc-sep>The late Sen. John McCain was buried at the U.S. Naval Academy on Sunday, the culmination of a week of tributes to the war hero and Republican statesman who died Aug. 25 at age 81. Sunday’s memorial service and burial were private, in contrast to a series of public commemorations last week. Those culminated with a service Saturday at the Washington National Cathedral where former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama offered warm tributes to the former Navy pilot and prisoner of war. At Sunday’s memorial service in the Naval Academy chapel in Annapolis, Md., Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.), retired Gen. David Petraeus and others gave eulogies to the late Arizona senator. Mr. Graham, himself a retired Air Force colonel, said beforehand that he planned to talk about Mr. McCain’s dogged support for U.S. military personnel. “I’m going to say that nobody loved a soldier more than John McCain, that I bear witness to his commitment to have their back, travel where they go, never let them be forgotten,” Mr. Graham said on “Fox News Sunday.” Mr. McCain was the son and grandson of Navy admirals. Later, Mr. McCain’s body was taken from the chapel to the nearby cemetery on a caisson, a traditional horse-drawn cart used in some military and state funerals. Meghan McCain, Dr. Henry Kissinger and Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama were among those paying tribute to Sen. John McCain at his memorial ceremony at Washington National Cathedral. Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press Mr. McCain was laid to rest next to his Naval Academy classmate and friend, Adm. Chuck Larson, who died in 2014. Before his death, Adm. Larson had reserved four burial plots for himself, Mr. McCain and their spouses at the U.S. Naval Academy cemetery, according to Sen. McCain’s office. The weeklong series of memorials to Mr. McCain featured tributes to his honor and patriotism, but also focused on his willingness to work across the political aisle. They included occasional criticism of President Trump, with whom the Arizona senator had sometimes feuded. The services prominently excluded Mr. Trump, although several of the president’s aides and family members attended Saturday’s service. Mr. McCain’s daughter Meghan delivered a tribute on Saturday in which she said that “the America of John McCain has no need to be made great again because America was always great.” Mr. Trump tweeted later, “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” On Sunday, Republicans faced questions about whether the services for Mr. McCain had added to Mr. Trump’s political headaches. “There’s a lesson here for everybody, including President Trump,” said Mr. Graham. “Know what you’re talking about, fight hard, forgive and have passion. Strength and kindness are not mutually exclusive.” Mr. McCain wrote a farewell statement that was released last week. In it he said he “lived and died a proud American.” He went on: “We are blessed and are a blessing to humanity when we uphold and advance those ideals at home and in the world… We weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries that have sown resentment and hatred and violence in all the corners of the globe.” He concluded: “Do not despair of our present difficulties but believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history. “Farewell, fellow Americans. God bless you, and God bless America.” Write to John D. McKinnon at john.mckinnon@wsj.com<doc-sep>PHOENIX — The late Sen. John McCain's wife, Cindy, walked up to the flag-draped casket holding her husband's body Wednesday at the Arizona Capitol and patted it, then leaned over and kissed it. The rest of his children then filed past the casket and touched it, including his sons in uniform and daughter Meghan McCain, who was weeping. The private service at the Arizona Capitol marked the first appearance of McCain's family members since the senator died Saturday of brain cancer. During the service, Gov. Doug Ducey remembered McCain as a senator and internationally known figure as well as a major figure in the history of Arizona. While Barry Goldwater was an Arizona native, McCain was "Arizona's favorite adopted son," the governor said on would have been the 82nd birthday of McCain, who was born in the Panama Canal zone while his father served in the military. "Imagining an Arizona without John McCain is like picturing Arizona without the Grand Canyon," Ducey said.<doc-sep>
WASHINGTON – After a moving ceremony Saturday honoring the late Sen. John McCain, a private memorial service is scheduled Sunday at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where McCain will be buried. McCain's family, friends, Naval Academy Class of 1958 peers, Naval and military leaders and the Brigade of Midshipmen are invited to the ceremony held in Naval Academy Chapel, McCain's office said. Among those speaking will be son Jack McCain, a Navy helicopter pilot, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., McCain's closest friend in the Senate, and General David Petraeus. Son Doug McCain, a retired Navy pilot, and former chief of staff Mark Salter will also read scripture passages at the service. The U.S. Navy Choir is slated to sing hymns "Amazing Grace" and "Faith of our Fathers." After the ceremony, McCain will be brought to the Naval Academy Cemetery where he is to be buried next to Navy pal Charles "Chuck" Larson. In his memoir published earlier this year, "The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations," McCain reflected on how he wanted to spend his final days, revealing his desire to be buried next to Larson. "I want to watch the hawks hunt from the sycamore, and then take my leave bound for a place near my old friend Chuck Larson, in the cemetery on the Severn (River), back where it began," he wrote. The two were known as the "odd couple." McCain was nicknamed "McNasty" for his no-rules attitude that in-turn left him near the bottom of his graduating class, while Larson was a high-achieving naval student who scored good grades. They shared a friendship, which remained strong throughout their lives, until Larson's death in 2014 at age 77. At the time of Larson's death, McCain said in a statement he could think of "no finer example of honorable" and faithful service to the country than that of Larson's. The Sunday services will cap off a week-long remembrance of McCain, during which the "maverick" was remembered in Arizona and Washington, D.C. A service held at the National Cathedral Saturday featured eulogies from McCain's daughter Meghan and former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. Before the service, McCain's motorcade stopped at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall, where wife Cindy McCain laid a wreath to honor her husband, a former Navy aviator and prisoner of war, and other Vietnam War veterans. McCain lay in state at the U.S. Capitol Friday, and many of his congressional peers honored him at services. Earlier in the week, McCain was remembered in Arizona, where he also lay in state at the state capitol. During a ceremony in Arizona, former Vice President Joe Biden reflected on the senator's "ageless" code. "It wasn’t about politics with John. You could disagree on substance," Biden said. "It was about the underlying values that animated everything John did." Contributing: Christal Hayes, Donovan Slack and Richard Wolf, USA TODAY; Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Arizona Republic