WASHINGTON (AP) — The body of former President George H.W. Bush is heading toward the U.S. Capitol following a brief ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, D.C.
Bush's flag-draped casket was unloaded from the presidential plane and brought to a hearse by an honor guard as a military band played "Hail to the Chief."
Bush's son, former President George W. Bush, descended from the plane with his wife, Laura, and other family members. Others including Jeb Bush were already waiting on the tarmac.
Bush will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda for a ceremony and public visitation from Monday through Wednesday. An invitation-only funeral service will follow at Washington National Cathedral before his casket returns to Houston for burial.
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By JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush will be honored during several public and private events in Houston and Washington before his burial Thursday in Texas.
Four days of events for Bush, who died Friday at age 94, include a state funeral at Washington's National Cathedral, a private service at his longtime church in Houston and public viewings in both cities. He will be buried next to his wife Barbara and their daughter Robin who died in 1953.
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Brian Blake, a former director of communications at the George H.W. Bush Library and Museum, pauses in front of a statue of the former president at the College Station landmark on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. "I need to be here," Blake said, who worked from 1997-2009 at the library. "He and Barbara were the most amazingly gracious people on the planet. I never felt like I was working for them, just always working with them." Bush, who died late Friday at his Houston home at age 94, is to be honored with a funeral service in the nation's capital on Wednesday, followed by burial Thursday at his presidential library in Texas. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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Suzette Renee Drab says a prayer after leaving a flower bouquet at the gate outside of former President George H.W. Bush's residence on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Houston. Bush, who died late Friday at his Houston home at age 94, is to be honored with a funeral service in the nation's capital on Wednesday, followed by burial Thursday at his presidential library in Texas. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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FILE - In this May 11, 2008 file photo, former President George H.W. Bush arrives on the South Lawn of White House in Washington. Bush died at the age of 94 on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)
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Erick Herrera makes sure the two small American flags are placed correctly on the presidential wreath on the gate outside of former President George H.W. Bush's residence on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Houston. Bush, who died late Friday at his Houston home at age 94, is to be honored with a funeral service in the nation's capital on Wednesday, followed by burial Thursday at his presidential library in Texas. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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Deitz Kracker, left, and Marg Frazier visit a statue of former President George H.W. Bush in downtown Houston, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018. Bush is returning to Washington as a revered political statesman, hailed by leaders across the political spectrum and around the world as a man not only of greatness but also of uncommon decency and kindness. Bush, died late Friday at his Houston home at age 94, is to be honored with a state funeral at National Cathedral in the nation's capital on Wednesday, followed by burial Thursday on the grounds of his presidential library at Texas A&M.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Officials gather outside the George H. Lewis Funeral Home as they prepare for a departure ceremony for the state funeral for former President George H.W. Bush, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
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Tiffany Utterson, right, and her children, from left to right, Ella, 11, Ian, 10 and Owen, 8, place a wreath outside the gated community entrance to the home of George H.W. Bush Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018, in Houston. Bush is returning to Washington as a revered political statesman, hailed by leaders across the political spectrum and around the world as a man not only of greatness but also of uncommon decency and kindness. Bush, died late Friday at his Houston home at age 94, is to be honored with a state funeral at National Cathedral in the nation's capital on Wednesday, followed by burial Thursday on the grounds of his presidential library at Texas A&M.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Tiffany Utterson, right, and her children, from left to right, Ella, 11, Ian, 10 and Owen, 8, place a wreath outside the gated community entrance to the home of George H.W. Bush Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018, in Houston. Bush is returning to Washington as a revered political statesman, hailed by leaders across the political spectrum and around the world as a man not only of greatness but also of uncommon decency and kindness. Bush, died late Friday at his Houston home at age 94, is to be honored with a state funeral at National Cathedral in the nation's capital on Wednesday, followed by burial Thursday on the grounds of his presidential library at Texas A&M.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Bush's body will be transported by a motorcade Monday morning from a Houston funeral home to Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, a Texas Air National Guard base. The casket will be loaded onto a plane during a departure ceremony scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. CST and flown to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
Relatives accompanying the casket will include his sons, former President George W. Bush and Neil Bush, along with members of their immediate families. The rest of the Bush family is expected to be at Joint Base Andrews when the body arrives.
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Houston will host a public tribute to Bush on Monday night. Mayor Sylvester Turner has urged attendees to wear colorful socks, a nod to the former president's fondness for sporting loud socks often emblazoned with unusual patterns during public events.
Bush spokesman Jim McGrath tweeted Monday that Bush will be laid to rest wearing gray socks honoring his days as a naval aviator.
Sully the service dog appears with the casket of former President George H.W. Bush
STATE FUNERAL IN WASHINGTON
In Washington, Bush will lie in state in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol from Monday at 7:30 p.m. EST until Wednesday at 8:45 a.m. EST. His casket will be transported by motorcade Wednesday morning to the National Cathedral, where a state funeral will be held at 11 a.m. EST. President Donald Trump, who ordered federal offices closed on Wednesday for a national day of mourning, is to attend with first lady Melania Trump.
Following the service at the National Cathedral, Bush will be flown to Houston on Wednesday with a scheduled arrival of around 4:30 p.m. CST. His body will be transported by motorcade to St. Martin's Episcopal Church, where he and his wife regularly worshipped. A public viewing of Bush's casket will be held at the church from 6:45 p.m. CST on Wednesday until 6 a.m. CST on Thursday.
On Thursday, a private funeral service with about 1,200 invited guests will be held at the church starting at 10 a.m. CST. After the hour-long service, a motorcade will transport Bush's casket to a train station north of Houston, near the international airport named after Bush.
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U.S. Vice President George H. Bush, the Republican presidential candidate, with his running mate, Dan Quayle, right, 1988. (AP Photo)
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Pres. George H. W. Bush, left, raises his hand as he takes the oath of office as President of the United States outside the Capitol, Friday, Jan. 20, 1989, Washington, D.C. Vice Pres. Dan Quayle watches from behind. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
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** ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, SEPT. 28 AND THEREAFTER -- FILE ** In this Aug. 18, 1988 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, Vice President George Bush , right,and his running mate Sen. Dan Quayle, R-Ind., wave to the assembly of the Republican National Convention in New Orleans after their respective acceptance speeches for the presidential and vice-presidential nomination. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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U.S. President George H. Bush and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher hold talks, Friday, April 13, 1990 in Hamilton, Bermuda. The two leaders met to discuss Bush's upcoming summit with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson)
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As British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher looks on, U.S. President George H. Bush tells a news conference on April 13, 1990 in Hamilton, he was very disturbed at the news Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has threatened to cut off vital fuels to Lithuania. Bush met with Thatcher to discuss his upcoming summit with Gorbachev. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson)
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U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Mrs. NancyReagan, center, pose with President-elect George H. and Mrs. Barbara Bush, left, and Vice President-elect Dan Quayle and Mrs. Madelyn Quayle at the White House, Friday, Jan. 20, 1989, prior to the swearing-in ceremony on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Scott Applewhite)
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Both President Barack Obama and fromer President George H.W. Bush, right, talk after speaking at the Points of Light Institute forum at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Former President George H.W. Bush waits on the field for first pitch ceremony before Game 5 of baseball's World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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FILE - In this May 29, 2014 file photo Harvard University President Drew Faust, left, speaks with former President George H. W. Bush, right, before Harvard commencement ceremonies in Cambridge, Mass. Bush was presented with an honorary doctor of laws degree during the ceremonies. President Faust, who was the first woman to lead Harvard University, announced Wednesday, June 14, 2017, that she will leave her post after the upcoming academic year saying in a letter "it will be the right time for the transition to Harvard's next chapter, led by a new president." (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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Former President George H.W. Bush waves as he rides in a cart on the field before an NFL football game between the New Orleans Saints and Houston Texans, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
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Cheerleaders shout their encouragement as Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Jeb Bush and former President George Bush applauds Barbara Bush, center, during her address to a rally on Oct. 10, 1994 at Church Street Station in Orlando, Florida. Jeb Bush is running for governor against incumbent Democrat Gov. Lawton Chiles. (AP Photo/Peter Cosgrove)
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Former President George H. W. Bush, right, and son Jeb Bush chat with recruits at the Pinellas County jail's boot camp in St. Petersburg, Fla., March 28, 1994. Jeb Bush, who is running for the Republican nomination for governor, was on a campaign swing with his father. (AP Photo/Peter Cosgrove)
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FILE - In this March 29, 2015, file photo, former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara Bush, speak at a college basketball game in Houston. Barbara Bush was discharged from Houston Methodist Hospital Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, while her husband is expected to be moved from the hospital's intensive care unit soon. The former president was struggling to breathe when he was admitted to the Houston Methodist Hospital Jan. 14, and had since been treated for pneumonia in the intensive care unit. Barbara Bush was suffering from bronchitis and entered the same hospital Wednesday, Jan. 18. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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Former President George H.W. Bush is introduced during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game between Duke and North Carolina State at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush wave as they drive off the field before an NFL football game abetween the Houston Texans and the Oakland Raiders Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, in Houston. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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President-elect George H. W. Bush phones Vice President-elect Dan Quayle to tell Quayle the results of the Electoral College vote, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 1989, Washington, D.C. Bush declared himself the winner of the 1988 presidential election earlier Wednesday in a Constitutional ceremony certifying the ballot-box triumph he gained last November. The final tally gave Bush 426, Michael Dukakis 111, and Democratic Vice Presidential running mate Lloyd Bentsen received one. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Barbara Bush, left, and former President George H.W. Bush, right, applaud with their granddaughters, Barbara, second from left, and Jenna, as Laura Bush addresses delegates at Madison Square Garden during the Republican National Convention in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2012 file photo, former president George H.W. Bush pauses for a photo before an NFL football game in Houston between the Buffalo Bills and the Houston Texans. Bush is celebrating his 90th birthday in Maine, Thursday, June 12, 2014. A family spokesman says a private dinner Thursday evening features a guest list of more than 200 friends and relatives. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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FILE - In a Tuesday, June 12, 2012 file photo, former President George H.W. Bush, and his wife former first lady Barbara Bush, arrive for the premiere of HBO's new documentary on his life near the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine. The 41st president's month-long stay in a Houston hospital for treatment of a bronchitis-related cough appears to be nearing an end. A spokesman said Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 that Bush possibly will be released from Methodist Hospital over the weekend and be home for Christmas. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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From left, former President Bill Clinton, former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara Bush stand for the National Anthem at the Kennedy Center, Monday, March 21, 2011, in Washington, before the "All Together Now - A Celebration of Service" performance in honor of former President George H. W. Bush. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Former Presidents George H. W. Bush, right, and George W. Bush before the Houston Texans NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009 in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Former U.S. President George H. W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, speak to a reporter after his parachute jump with the Army Golden Knights parachute team to celebrate his 85th birthday, Friday, June 12, 2009, in Kennebunkport, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Former President George H.W. Bush, front, glides through the sky with a parachute after jumping from a plane and lands near his home in Kennebunkport, Maine, on Friday, June 12, 2009, in celebration of his 85th birthday. Bush is attached to a member of the Army Golden Knights. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
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Former President George H.W. Bush smiles as he arrives at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Mikhail Gorbachev, left, the former Soviet leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, acknowledges the audience after being presented with the 2008 Liberty Medal by former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, Chairman of the National Constitution Center, during a ceremony at the center, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, in Philadelphia. Gorbachev is being honored for his role in ending the Cold War. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)
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Former U.S president George Bush holds an eagle as a symbol of freedom during the Point Alpha Prize awarding ceremony for his effort leading to the German unification in 1989 in Geisa, Friday, June 17, 2005. Former U.S. President George Bush, one-time Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl received a new German prize for their efforts to end the Cold War division of the country. The Point Alpha Prize is named for a Cold War-era U.S. military observation post on the heavily fortified border between East and West Germany, now a memorial. The prize, honoring people who supported German and European unity, is being supported by the governors of the eastern state of Thuringia and the western state of Hesse. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
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U.S. President George H. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev shake hands at the start of the historic mideast Peace Conference, Wednesday, Oct. 30. 1991 at the Palacio Real, Madrid. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander)
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U.S. President George H. Bush, left, and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev sit together at the Soviet Embassy after meeting in Madrid, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1991. The two leaders prepared to open Wednesday's session of the Mideast peace talks and they also discussed issues including arms control and the Soviet economy. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing)
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Former President George H.W. Bush and wife, Barbara, arrive at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, for the swearing-in of President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
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Former President George Bush, right, clenches his fist Sept.16, 1994 as he hugs son, Jeb during a Florida GOP fund-raiser in Tampa. After a hiatus, Bush has been hitting the campaign trail and lecture circuit with a vengence, raising millions for Republican candidates and getting digs in at President Bill Clinton along the way. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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A ceremony will be held at the train station as Bush's casket is loaded onto a Union Pacific train. The train will take about 2½ hours to travel roughly 70 miles (113 kilometers) to the city of College Station, home to Bush's presidential library at Texas A&M University.
The locomotive has been painted the colors of the Air Force One plane used during Bush's presidency and bears the number "4141" in honor of the 41st president. The casket will be in a car with Plexiglas windows to allow people to see it during the trip, according to family spokesman Jim McGrath.
The train is scheduled to arrive in College Station on Thursday around 3:45 p.m. CST. Bush's casket will then be transported by motorcade to the presidential library, where he will be buried at the gated family plot near his wife and their daughter Robin, who died of leukemia at age 3. Barbara Bush died on April 17 at their Houston home. The couple was married for 73 years, longer than any other U.S. presidential couple.
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President Barack Obama shares a laugh with former first lady Barbara Bush at the dedication of the George W. Bush presidential library on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Thursday, April 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Texas Gov. George W. Bush, right, gives his mother, Barbara Bush , a hug after taking a family photo Thursday, June 10, 1999 in Houston. The Bush family gathered to celebrate former president George Bush and Barbara's birthdays. George Bush will turn 75 Saturday and Barbara turned 74 Tuesday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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First lady Barbara Bush looks out over Hopi Point during her first visit to the Grand Canyon, April 13, 1991. Mrs. Bush was at the Canyon to kick off celebration for the 75th anniversary of the National Park Service. (AP Photo/Jeff Robbins)
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First lady Barbara Bush sniffs a rose during a tour of the gardens of Bagatelle in Paris, France, July 16, 1989. Mrs. Bush was later presented a bouquet of "Barbara Bush" roses, the latest creation of rosieriste George Delbard, which he named for the U.S. First Lady. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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U.S. President George Bush and Barbara Bush stand with Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at London Heathrow Airport in London, after she welcomed him to London, Wednesday, May 31, 1989. President Bush is visiting London, on his way home following the NATO Summit in Brussels and a visit to West Germany. (AP Photo)
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First lady Barbara Bush, granddaughter Marshall Bush, and son Neil Bush are flanked by Easter bunnies as they stand on the White House balcony in Washington, March 27, 1989. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)
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On a sunny but cold day first lady Barbara Bush strolls on the White House South Lawn in Washington with the family dog, Millie, Feb. 8, 1989. The Washington Monument and the Jefferson Memorial can be seen in the background. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)
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First lady Barbara Bush, in an interview with the Associated Press at the White House in Washington, Feb. 3, 1989, says she sees her job as helping relieve the enormous pressures of the presidency. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)
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U.S. President George Bush and Mrs. Barbara Bush attend one of the Inaugural Balls, Friday, Jan. 21, 1989, night at the D.C Armory in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President George Bush raises his right hand as he is sworn into office as the 41st president of the United States by Chief Justice William Rehnquist outside the west front of the Capitol on Jan. 20, 1989. First lady Barbara Bush holds the bible for her husband. Former President Reagan is in the background. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)
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Barbara Bush, wife of President-Elect George Bush, smiles as James Duffy, President of ABC-Capital Cities, places a medal around her neck during the National Literary Honors Dinner, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 1988 in Washington. The future first lady was honored for her literacy efforts. (AP Photo/J.Scott Applewhite)
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President-elect George H.W. Bush, right, and his wife Barbara Bush, wave to the crowd at a victory celebration rally, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1988, Houston, Tex. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Vice President George H. W. Bush, center, poses with his family outside St. Anns Church, Sunday, Aug. 8, 1988, Kennebunkport, Me. The Bush family from left front row: Neil Bush, Pierce Bush, Lauren Bush, Dorothy Bush, and Ellie LeBlond. The rest of the children in the front row are unidentified. Second row from left: an unidentified woman, Laura Bush, Jenna Bush, George H. W. Bush, Dorothy Bush and Barbara Bush. Back row from left are: Jeb Bush, George P. Bush and Noelle Bush. The rest of the group is unidentified. (AP Photo/Herb Swanson)
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Vice President George Bush and his wife Barbara Bush are shown during a fundraiser in Washington where he picked up the endorsement of President Reagan in his bid to become the next president of the United States, May 12, 1988. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)
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U.S. Vice President George H. Bush, right, and his wife Barbara, left, rubs the nose of the statue of Abraham Lincoln for good luck after participating in wreath-laying ceremonies at Lincoln's Tomb in Springfield, Ill., Feb. 12, 1987. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Barbara Bush, wife of U.S.Vice-President George H. Bush, kiddingly aims a punch at New York City Mayor Ed Koch as they met at a radio station in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 1986. Both were doing a talk show with commentator Michael Jackson. (AP Photo/Michael Tweed)
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President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan, right, share a moment with Vice President and Mrs. George Bush following the oaths in the Capitol Building in Washington on Monday, Jan. 21, 1985. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)
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U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush, right, and his wife Barbara Bush pose in front of the Taj Mahal, the 17th century monument to love was built by a Mughal Emperor Sahajahan in memory of his beloved queen who bore 14 children, Saturday, May 13, 1984, Agra, India. (AP Photo/Sondeep Shankar)
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Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan and his running mate George Bush are shown on the podium of Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, July 17, 1980 as the final curtain draws near on the 1980 Republican National Convention. Nancy Reagan stands left, Barbara Bush, right. (AP Photo)
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George Bush beams as some of his family members applaud at the National Press Club in Washington on Tuesday, May 1, 1979 where he formally announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. From left are: John E. (Jeb), a son; Columba, a daughter-in-law; Marvin, a son; Dorothy, a daughter; Mrs. Barbara Bush, his wife; and Bush. (AP Photo/Taylor)
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Mrs. George Bush walking on New York's Park Avenue, April 13, 1971. (AP Photo)
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President Bush shares a laugh with his mother Barbara Bush on Earth Day at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, Thursday, April 22, 2004, in Wells, Maine.(AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
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Former President Ronald Reagan, left, his wife Nancy Reagan, new first lady Barbara Bush and her husband President George Bush, right, walk down the Capitol steps after the inaugural ceremony in Washington, D.C., Friday, Jan. 20, 1989. President Bush was sworn in as the nation's 41st president. The Reagans are heading to an awaiting helicopter to take them to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and onto California. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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George Bush is sworn in as new director of the Central Intelligence Agency by Supreme Court Associate Justice Potter Stewart, left, as Mrs Barbara Bush and President Gerald Ford, at right, look on at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., January 30, 1976. Bush succeeds William Colby who retired. (AP Photo)
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Republican Senatorial candidate George Bush shows a victory sign as he and his wife Barbara stand in front of a vote machine Nov. 3, 1964, in Houston, just before casting their ballot. (AP Photo)
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First Lady Barbara Bush poses with her dog Millie in 1990. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)
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First lady Michelle Obama, left, stands with, from second from left, former first ladies: Laura Bush; Hillary Rodham Clinton; Barbara Bush; and Rosalynn Carter; at the dedication of the George W. Bush presidential library on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Thursday, April 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Ceremonies at the presidential library will include a missing man formation flyover. The casket will then be rolled along a path through woods, over a bridge and over a creek for burial during a private graveside service with Bush's family.