CHICAGO (WLS) -- The life of Rev. Jesse Jackson was celebrated.
Chicago and the nation said goodbye to Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday and Saturday.
Services were held in Chicago and South Carolina.
Plans in Washington, D.C. were postponed.
The final service for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson was one of love, laughter, tears and inspiration.
Saturday's events were the culmination of days of homegoing services for the reverend who died Feb. 17.
A procession to the cemetery immediately followed Saturday's service, which people from all over came to.
Crowds lined up early Saturday morning to get into Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters.
An hours-long church service in honor of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson concluded Monday evening in South Carolina.
During the service, members of Jackson's family spoke.
Jackson's final memorial services are planned for Chicago later this week.
After a day of visitation, a public service has begun at a South Carolina church Monday.
Mourners have been seen streaming through Jackson's visitation at the South Carolina State Capitol - Rotunda, including dozens of family members and civil rights activist Andrew Young.
Some traveled over 800 miles from Chicago.
A public service began about 4 p.m. ET at Brookland Baptist Church.
Jackson once said "faith sustained him and hope propelled him."
It's that mantra that kept the civil rights icon on the front lines of the fight for freedom.
Late civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson is being honored in his native South Carolina Monday.
There's a memorial at the State House in Columbia, where Jackson's body is lying in state.
A horse drawn carriage carried the body of the late civil rights titan in a regal procession through the streets of the capital, a place that shaped his life and inspired a historical movement. The family of Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson walking hand in hand, arm in arm honoring their father's service and sacrifice.
The pomp and circumstance fit for a king but honors a public servant and champion for the people. His casket carried inside the Capitol rotunda by the South Carolina Highway Patrol Honor Guard.
The honorable Congressman James Clyburn paid tribute to his beloved friend and freedom fighter with Gratitude sharing the importance of Rev Jacksons legacy and impact.
"You hear people talk all the time about proportionate voting," Representative Clyburn said. "How new that is. It ain't new. Jesse gave birth to it all....Were it not for proportional voting in our primaries, Barack Obama would never have been president of the United states of America."
It's a dignified honor salute to a final farewell.
James Hickman drove 17 hours from Chicago to Columbia. He said it was a long journey but a small token of appreciation to pay respects to a man who changed his life.
"He meant to a lot to me," Hickman said. "He keeps me motivational and keeping hope alive and believing that I can do anything that I want to achieve to do."
A memorial service for Rev. Jesse Jackson began Monday morning in his home state of South Carolina.
Rev. Jackson's casket was carried by a horse-drawn cart. to the South Carolina State House, where he is lying in state.
