DORCHESTER , Massachusetts ( CNN ) -- A bell tolled atop Boston 's Faneuil Hall on Thursday as the body of Sen. Edward Kennedy passed through the streets , while mourners lined up outside his late brother 's presidential library for a chance to say goodbye . Members of the public file past Sen. Edward Kennedy 's coffin at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library . Kennedy lay in repose Thursday evening after his flag-draped casket arrived at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library from the family 's Hyannis Port compound on Cape Cod , Massachusetts . An estimated 1,600 people had lined up to view the casket as of 5 p.m. , an hour before friends , family and constituents began to file past . Kennedy died Tuesday night in Hyannis Port after a 15-month battle with brain cancer . He was 77 , and had represented Massachusetts in the Senate since 1962 . As his cortege passed through Boston , a bell at Faneuil Hall was rung 47 times -- once for each of Kennedy 's 47 years in office . Watch well wishers say goodbye to Kennedy » . Faneuil Hall was where Kennedy launched his ill-fated 1980 presidential campaign , and it was one of several stops the procession made along the way . It crossed the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway , a park named for the senator 's mother and one-time family matriarch , and passed the Massachusetts State House and the home that John Kennedy lived in when he first ran for Congress in 1946 . Learn more about Kennedy 's funeral arrangements » . Kennedy 's body will lie in repose through Friday at the library , with a memorial service to be held there Friday evening . Vice President Joe Biden , Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry and Arizona Sen. John McCain will be among the speakers at the memorial . View reaction from public figures . At least 40 of Kennedy 's fellow senators and former presidents Jimmy Carter , Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are expected to attend Saturday 's funeral at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston 's Mission Hill section , a short distance from the library . President Obama , who called Kennedy an `` extraordinary leader '' Wednesday , will deliver a eulogy at the funeral , according to several sources . Prime Minister Brian Cowen of Ireland , the famous clan 's ancestral homeland , and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown are also expected to attend , a family spokesman told CNN . Watch a profile of Kennedy 's wives » . Kennedy will be buried Saturday evening at Arlington National Cemetery , outside Washington . Kennedy is eligible for burial at Arlington due to his congressional service and his tenure in the Army from 1951 to 1953 . The proposed gravesite is 95 feet south of the grave of Sen. Robert Kennedy , which is in turn just steps away from John Kennedy 's burial site . Bad weather could affect Saturday 's ceremonies . Tropical Storm Danny , now churning east of the Bahamas , is expected to brush the East Coast and be near Cape Cod by Saturday evening . CNN 's John King , Alec Miran and Barbara Starr contributed to this report .
Body will lie in repose Thursday and Thursday at library in Boston , Boston . President Ted Kennedy 's , three former presidents to attend funeral . Sen. Obama funeral will be Saturday at Boston 's Congress . Massachusetts service will precede burial in Arlington National Cemetery .