Honoring George H.W. Bush: Presidential funeral train is the 1st in almost 50 years
SAYING GOODBYE
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard for burial at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum December 6, 2018, in College Station, Texas. Pool/Getty Images
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard for burial at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on December 6, 2018 in College Station, Texas. Pool/Getty Images
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard followed by family at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum Dec. 6, 2018, in College Station, Texas. Pool/Getty Images
Jeb Bush (L), former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush and others watch aPresident George H.W. Bush's casket is carried at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on Dec. 6, 2018 in College Station, Texas. Pool/Getty Images
The casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard as it arrives at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas on Dec. 6, 2018. DAVID J. PHILLIP/AFP/Getty Images
The Texas A&M Corps of Cadets salute as they line up at an entrance way to the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum as the casket of former President George H.W. Bush arrives Dec. 6, 2018, in College Station, Texas. Pool/Getty Images
People pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
Former President George W. Bush watches as the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard to a train Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
People pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Magnolia, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Magnolia, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
Students from Salyer Elementary School wave flags as the train carrying the body of former president George H.W. Bush travels past their school on the way to Bush's final internment Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
Students from Salyer Elementary School wave flags and signs as the train carrying the body of former president George H.W. Bush travels past their school on the way to Bush's final internment Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
People pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard to a train at Union Pacific Westfield auto facility Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard from a hearse at Union Pacific Westfield auto facility Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Magnolia, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas, as it is placed on a Union Pacific train. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
People pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
Former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush watch as the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard, in Spring, Texas, to a Union Pacific train. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
People pay their respects and take photos as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
A military honor guard carries the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush from St. Martin's Episcopal Church following his funeral service Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
People line the road as the hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush heads to the Union Pacific train facility Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
Police on horseback salute as the hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush heads to the Union Pacific train facility Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura Bush, leave St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston after the funeral service for his father, former President George H.W. Bush on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Family members and friends pray during a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
George P. Bush touches the flag-draped casket after giving a eulogy during a funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Family members are escorted as the funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush concludes at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
Former President George W. Bush embraces former Secretary of State James Baker, right, after he gave a eulogy during the funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
Reba McEntire sings "The Lord's Prayer" during a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
The Oak Ridge boys sing "Amazing Grace" during a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
Nancy Ellis LeBlond Sosa, left, and Georgia Grace Koch read scripture during a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
Rev. Russell J. Levenson Jr., gives the homily during a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
George P. Bush walks past the casket of former President George H.W. Bush after giving a eulogy at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
Elizabeth Dwen Andrews reads scripture during a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. At back are Noelle Lucila Bush, Barbara Pierce Bush and Marshall Lloyd Bush.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard into St. Martin's Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
A man salutes as people pay their respects as the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush lies in repose at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston.
People pay their respects as the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush lies in repose at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston.
People pay their respects as former President George H.W. Bush lies in repose at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston.
People pay their respects as the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush lies in repose at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston.
The Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson, Jr., rector of St. Martin's Episcopal Church, says a prayer over the casket of former President George H.W. Bush as he lies in repose at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston.
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, into St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston.
Visitors pay their respects to the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston.
Houston Police officers pay their respects at the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush St. Martin's Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston.
The Rev. Russell J. Levenson Jr. places his hand on the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston.
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard into St. Martin's Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston.
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard into St. Martin's Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston.
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard into St. Martin's Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston.
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard into St. Martin's Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston.
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard into St. Martin's Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston.
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston.
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston.
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston.
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush arrives at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston.