President George H. W. Bush will be remembered at a funeral in Texas today, before he’s interred at the George Bush Presidential Library & Museum. Follow here for the latest.
Former President George H. W. Bush’s casket was just taken out of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston following his funeral.
“Hail to the Chief” played as it was first carried out. The casket was then carried through an honor cordon to the hearse as the band played the hymn “Praise Ye the Lord.”
The casket will now be taken to a train specifically built to honor his life, which will carry him to his final resting place.
A Union Pacific train led by a locomotive dubbed the “Bush 4141” will carry Bush’s casket to the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas.
This isn’t an ordinary train: The Bush 4141 is a rare locomotive that was commissioned to honor the former president in 2005. It’s one of only a handful of Union Pacific trains to bear a color scheme other than the company’s traditional gray and yellow: It’s painted to resemble Air Force One.
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Country music star Reba McEntire just gave a vocal performance “The Lord’s Prayer” during George H. W. Bush’s funeral in Texas.
Bush’s son George W. Bush was seen wiping his face with a handkerchief after the performance.
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The Oak Ridge Boys, a country and gospel vocal quartet that has performed for H. W. Bush for decades, are serenading him one last time.
“We’re here, sir. We told you we would be. And it’s an honor,” one of the members said as the group came up to the front of the church.
