The scene is set for all who admired our American hero John Glenn to come pay their last respects at today’s (December 16) public viewing at the Ohio Statehouse.
Glenn’s body will be the center of honorable attention on Friday afternoon. His casket will sit in the statehouse rotunda under the Ohio State seal. Each person entering the Statehouse will go through metal detectors before they are allowed to view Glenn’s body.
The Glenn family asked that the former astronaut’s body lie in repose at the Statehouse overnight from Friday at noon until about noon on Saturday. That means his body will be guarded for 24 hours by the U.S. Marine’s Honor Guard until his body is transported to Mershon Auditorium on Ohio State’s campus. Senator Glenn’s body will be escorted on foot by the Honor Guard going North on High Street.
