When can SC public honor late civil rights leader Jesse Jackson? Here’s the details
South Carolinians can attend memorials and services honoring the late Rev. Jesse Jackson in Columbia on Monday. Jackson, 84, died Feb. 17.
Jackson, a civil rights leader and Greenville native, will lie in state at the South Carolina State House on Monday. The memorial will be open to the public. His family and members of the General Assembly requested the honor, according to a news release from Gov. Henry McMaster’s office.
A memorial service will also be held in the Midlands on March 2, according to a social media post from Leevy’s Funeral Home and an email from state Rep. Wendell Gilliard’s, D-Charleston, office.
State House flags will be lowered to half-staff Monday in honor of Jackson at McMaster’s direction, according to the news release.
The Department of Administration late Thursday confirmed details of Monday’s visitation at the State House.
At 9 a.m., a processional begins and travels from Leevy’s Funeral Home on Taylor Street to the State House.
The funeral procession will arrive at the north side of the State House at the intersection of Main and Gervais Streets and will then proceed to the south side of the State House.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol Honor Guard will bring Jackson’s casket up the south side steps and into the State House.
A private welcoming ceremony will follow.
From 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Jackson will lie in state at the South Carolina State House, and it will be open to public. Those in line by 4:30 p.m. will not be denied entry, the Department of Administration said.
Members of the public must enter at the northeast entrance of the State House and go through a security screening. Gifts or flowers will not be allowed inside the State House.
At 5 p.m. the Highway Patrol Honor Guard will then bring Jackson’s casket down the south steps.
A public memorial service will also be held at Brookland Baptist Church in West Columbia from 4-6 p.m. Monday, according to Leevy’s Funeral Home.
Details for the arrangements are developing, and the story will be updated
This story was originally published February 26, 2026 at 3:34 PM.