WATCH LIVE: Flyover after the funeral of Sen. John McCain at the U.S. Naval Academy

A sign stands outside of an entrance to the U.S. Naval Academy campus in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, Jan. 9,2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)(AP/Patrick Semansky)

WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain’s funeral procession made its way along the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway and along US 50 Sunday morning.

McCain was laid to rest at the U.S. Naval Academy next to his academy classmate and lifelong friend, Admiral Chuck Larson, who died of leukemia in 2014.

McCain’s website said family, friends and members of the 1958 Naval Academy graduating class, along with other Naval leaders and the Brigade of Midshipmen. were at the ceremony, which began at around 2 p.m.

All events after the arrival of the hearse were closed to the public and the press.

Watch the funeral and flyover below.

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