Brennan Remembered As an `American Hero'; Diverse Group Pays Its Respects to Justice

The Washington Post | July 29, 1997| | Copyright

The procession that filed around the flag-draped coffin of retired Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan had, by afternoon, included friends and relatives, union guys, troops of Boy Scouts, tourists in T-shirts, men and women in suits and a lot of devoted and anonymous disciples.

In the court's Great Hall, where Brennan's coffin was on display yesterday, this cross section of Americans silently paid tribute to a man known to many as a champion of individual rights. The reasons for their attendance varied from the eminently practical -- it was very hot and humid and the court is an ...

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