On a cool night in a heated political year in Washington, several hundred people clutching candles, flowers and signs quietly gathered on the steps of the US Supreme Court to mark the death on Friday (Sept 18) of liberal law icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
A little before midnight, a woman sang the mourners' Kaddish, a traditional Jewish prayer for the dead, on the first night of Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Jewish New Year.
"It just feels so nice to be out here with other people who feel the same way," said Mr Dominik Radawski, 46, standing on the steps that are often the site of boisterous shouting matches when the court hears arguments on sensitive cases.
"There's no one here being angry. It's this sense of quiet contemplation, this sense of respect."
A trail-blazing women's rights lawyer before she joined the court in 1993, Ms Ginsburgpopularly known by her initials RBGemerged as an unlikely pop icon in recent years, her image emblazoned on coffee mugs, T-shirts and children's books.
"RBG inspired so several young women to follow their dreams and set their sights on things that so several people deemed impossible. And she made them possible," said Ms Claire Shelby, 19. "I think that everyone out here tonight is here tonight to honour her memory and make sure she is not tarnished in history."
Another tribute played out in New York, where an image of Ms Ginsburg and the alternating messages "thank you" and "rest in power" were projected on the front of the New York State Civil Supreme Court building in Manhattan.
The quiet belied the likely political fight coming.
Republican US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday said the Senate would vote on any replacement nominated by President Donald Trump, who now has a chance to appoint a third justice to the court, giving it a 6-3 conservative majority.
"This is the question everyone's thinking about tonight," said Mr David Hill, 60. "Will somebody like her come through again?"