Pipe Major Mark Burdette of Kanawha Valley Pipes and Drums plays "Amazing Grace" from a perch outside the north entrance of the state Capitol during Friday's memorial service for Sen. Robert C. Byrd.
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Emily Alice Dunn of Charleston bows her head in prayer during Friday's memorial service.
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As "Take Me Home, Country Roads" plays, the casket of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, draped with a West Virginia flag, is carried back into the state Capitol.
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Bill Clinton, the nation's 42nd president, waves to the crowd as he enters the memorial service.
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President Obama speaks of Byrd's commitment to the people of West Virginia and to his belief in the Constitution.
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The Martin Luther King Jr. Male Chorus sings "Never Grow Old" in honor of Byrd's life.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., holds up a pocket version of the U.S. Constitution, given to him by the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd.
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Eric Abdalla of Charleston talks with former TV talk show host Phil Donahue, one of the many recognizable faces in the crowd Friday.
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Sgt. Eric Cox of the West Virginia National Guard rings the ceremonial West Virginia bell as the wreath is laid at Byrd's casket.
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Willis and Frances Hash drove from Ghent for the event and shot lots of video.
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