An influential figure who led with integrity and civility — that’s how the late Richard Lugar, Indiana’s former U.S. senator, was described Tuesday at a ceremony dedicating a statue to him in downtown Indianapolis.

The U.S. Navys next unnamed Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer warship to be named in honor of late Sen. Richard Lugar, who died in April at age 87.

The U.S. House endorsed the proposal in a unanimous voice vote on Wednesday after the Senate approved it in July.

After Lugar died at age 87 on April 28 from complications of a neurological disorder, it was announced he would be buried at the cemetery that's just across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.

Some of the state and countrys foremost political figures gathered with more than 1,000 Hoosiers Wednesday to remember and praise the life of Richard Lugar.

Former Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), who died last month, returned to Indianapolis Tuesday, where he lies in state at the Statehouse.

Lugars funeral will be Wednesday afternoon, at St. Lukes United Methodist on the far northside of Indianapolis.

Former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar will lie in state in the Indiana Statehouse Rotunda for 24 hours beginning at noon May 14, after which the Rotunda will be open for those who wish to pay their respects.

At an annual foreign policy conference at Indiana University last month, Lugar said climate change deserved more of a focus.

State and local politicians gathered at Richard Lugar Plaza in Indianapolis to remember the late senator who died Sunday.