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Aug 27, 2009 at 2:57 PM EST
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Aug 28, 2009 at 12:05 PM EST
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BOSTON (AP) - Mourning for Sen. Edward Kennedy continues with another chance for the public to pay their final respects.
The John F. Kennedy Library and Museum where Kennedy's body is lying in repose opened at 8 a.m. on Friday, but hundreds of people had lined up well before then. Closing is scheduled for 3 p.m.
More than 21,000 people filed past Kennedy's casket on Thursday, so many that the hours were extended until 2 a.m. on Friday.
A private memorial for family and invited friends will be held at the library starting at 7 p.m.
Vice President Joe Biden as well as Sens. John McCain, Orrin Hatch and Christopher Dodd are expected to speak.
A funeral Mass is scheduled for Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston on Saturday. The elder President George Bush will not be attending Sen. Edward Kennedy's funeral.
A spokesman for Bush said Friday that he and his wife, Barbara, decided not to attend Kennedy's funeral after learning their son, former President George W. Bush, would attend.
Jim McGrath says the 85-year-old Bush feels his son's presence would "amply and well represent" the family Saturday.
Bush released a condolence statement on behalf of him and his son immediately after Kennedy's death. It was part of a stream of fond remembrances issued by Republicans.
The other remaining former presidents - Democrats Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton - will join the younger Bush at the service. President Barack Obama will give the eulogy.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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• 4pm EDT: Kennedy’s body arrives at the Kennedy library. Live pictures.
• 6pm EDT – 11pm EDT: Kennedy’s body lies in repose at the Kennedy library. Live pictures inside the library.
Friday coverage (subject to change):
• 8am EDT – 3pm EDT: Live pictures inside the Kennedy library as Kennedy’s body lies in repose.
• 7pm EDT – 9pm EDT: Live coverage of a memorial service inside the Kennedy library.
Saturday coverage (subject to change):
• 10:30am EDT – 12:30pm EDT: Live coverage of funeral mass for Kennedy
• 5:30pm EDT: TBD coverage of burial at Arlington National Cemetery
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