The body of former President George H.W. Bush arrived Monday afternoon on "Special Air Mission 41," a presidential aircraft temporarily renamed in honor of the 41st president, from Houston to the nation's capital, where he will lie in state until Wednesday.
Leaders of the House and Senate announced over the weekend that the former president, who died Friday at 94, would lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
Bush is among the select few who have lain in state in the Capitol Rotunda.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who died in August a little more than a year after being diagnosed with brain cancer, was the last person to lie in state there. Former President Gerald Ford was the last president to lie in state in the rotunda after he died in late 2006. Former President Ronald Reagan also lied there in 2004, as did civil rights icon Rosa Parks after her death in 2005.
See photos after the jump!!!
This photo of President Bush, 43 and former first lady, Laura Bush as they get ready to accompany the casket carry President Bush, 41 to the Capital, breaks my heart. The former president appears to be holding back and trying hard to keep it together.
(we are praying for strength, for you and your family sir...ROB)
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