An historic day at the state capitol as the public mourns the loss of House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, the first woman in Minnesota to lie in state. See some of the images of the somber event inside and outside the capitol rotunda.

Minnesotans paid their respects to Melissa and Mark Hortman at the Minnesota Capitol on Friday as the couple received one of the state’s highest honors. It’s a rare honor typically reserved for former governors,