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Street closures for Ethel Kennedy memorial service Wednesday in DC

Ethel Kennedy attends the 30th Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Awards Ceremony, in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, November 21, 2013, in Washington, DC. Ragia Omran, Egyptian human rights attorney and women's rights activist, was selected for the award in June out of a field of 111 nominees.

WATCH LIVE: Memorial service to honor matriarch Ethel Kennedy.

The nation’s capital is marking the death of a Kennedy matriarch: Ethel Kennedy.

A memorial service will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Northwest D.C.

There will be multiple street closures near the church.聽Here’s what you need to know:

The following streets will be posted as聽Emergency No Parking from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.:

  • Rhode Island Avenue from Connecticut Avenue to 17th Street NW
  • M Street from Connecticut Avenue to 17th Street NW

The following streets will be聽肠濒辞蝉别诲听to vehicle traffic from approximately 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.:

  • Rhode Island Avenue from Connecticut Avenue to 17th Street NW
  • M Street from Connecticut Avenue to 17th聽Street NW

President Joe Biden plans to deliver a eulogy at the service, and former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton will also attend.

Kennedy, the wife of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, who raised their 11 children after he was assassinated and remained dedicated to social causes for decades, died last week at the age of 96.

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