(1) #PhotoThread for Barbara Bush memorial and funeral. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
(2) On Friday Mrs Bush lay in repose at St Martin's Episcopal Church, Houston. Family members, politicians and of course the public paid their respects throughout the day.
(3) President Bush and their daughter Dorothy came and greeted members of the public for an hour. So sweet.
(4) Before visiting the church, Secretary Carson greeted children and made this uplifting comment:
(5) Map of the motorcade route for Saturday afternoon, where the public will be able to line the streets in College Station as Mrs Bush and the family travel toward her resting place at the Bush41 Library, at the left hand side of the map. More info: today.tamu.edu/2018/04/17/bar…
(6) Normal practice is for the sitting First Lady to attend the funeral of a former First Lady. It appears that the last time a sitting President attended such a funeral was in 1962. #Facts
nbcnews.com/politics/barac…
(7) A message from @SecondLady Karen Pence about her predecessor from 1981 to 1989.
(8) Thank you, @SecretService for what you do for protectees.
(9) Bush 41 loves his themed socks.
(10) FLOTUS thanks law enforcement
(11) The memorial display at Barbara Bush's portrait in the WH, tweeted by President Trump.
(12) Video showing the entrance of FLOTUS, the Obamas, & Clintons. All seem relaxed & dignified except, of course, Hillary, who looks down when she sees the cameras. Prob annoyed she's not addressing the funeral as POTUS. I will add still shots later.
(12) Another great-grandchild of George HW and Barbara Bush was born... just two days after she passed away. Little Max came two weeks early. (His mother Lauren Bush really did marry a man with the surname Lauren, it's not a typo).
(13) Arriving at St Martin's church for the funeral.
(14) Bush grandsons prepare to carry the casket.
(14) The Bush granddaughters each read a scripture passage. Daughter Dorothy comforts her father.
(15) Departing the church.
(16) A fire department flies a flag on an overpass as the motorcade travels between Houston and College Hill, where residents lined the route.
(17) Four Presidents and four First Ladies at the Bush Library after Mrs Bush's burial there. Official Bush family photo.
(18) Official photos - leaving the church, arriving at the Bush library, walking to the burial place.
(19) Burial ceremony and wreath with pearls.
(20) Rest in peace, Mrs Bush.🇺🇸
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