Perhaps in a sense it is. In April 1865 carpenters constructed this velvet-draped bier, known as the Lincoln catafalque, to display the murdered president’s casket in the building’s Rotunda ...

On Tuesday, his remains were carried to the Capitol in a horse-drawn caisson, brought into the Rotunda and placed on the Lincoln Catafalque, where Carter’s body spent two days lying in state.

Carter’s body will then be flown on Tuesday to Washington, where he will lie in state at the Capitol on the Lincoln catafalque in the Rotunda, according to The Associated Press. Special Air ...

Typically less formal, without military guards or the use of the Lincoln catafalque. Both ceremonies allow the public to pay their respects but differ in their level of formality and prestige.