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The Latest Photos From The Funeral Of President George H.W. Bush

The Trumps, Obamas and Clintons joined friends and family to pay respects at Washington National Cathedral.
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The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a military honor guard into a State Funeral at the National Cathedral.
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Ceremonies are underway to honor former President George H.W. Bush, the 41st U.S. president, who died Friday at the age of 94.

Bush’s casket was flown from Houston to Washington, D.C., early Monday, and his body will lie in state until Wednesday. 

A memorial service for friends and family members will be held Wednesday at Washington National Cathedral. The commemorations conclude Thursday, when the casket will be flown back to Houston for a service at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church and buried at Bush’s presidential library in College Station. He will be laid to rest next to his wife, Barbara Bush, who died in April.

See the latest photos as Bush is laid to rest below. 

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Former President George W. Bush touches the casket of his father, former President George H.W. Bush, at the State Funeral at the Washington National Cathedral.
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Former US President George W. Bush speaks at the State Funeral for his father, former US President George H.W. Bush.
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Former President George W. Bush, right, cries after speaking during the state funeral for his father.
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The casket is viewed for the funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at the National Cathedral.
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Jenna Bush Hager, the daughter of former President George Bush, touches the casket of former President George H.W. Bush after speaking at his State Funeral.
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Bush's flag-draped casket is carried by a military honor guard.
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President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and former presidents, vice presidents, first ladies and spouses attend the state funeral for Bush.
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The casket is viewed during the funeral service.
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Donald Trump and Melania Trump greet former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama.
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Vice President Mike Pence listens to Barack Obama as they gather prior to the state funeral for former Bush.
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The casket departs the U.S. Capitol.
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Sully, Bush's yellow Labrador service dog , sits near the casket of the former president as he lies in state at the U.S. Capitol.
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Former Sen. Bob Dole salutes before the flag-draped coffin.
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Jenna Bush Hager and her sister Barbara Bush stand with their husbands Henry Chase Hager, left, and Craig Coyne, second right, as they pay respect in front of the casket.
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A military honor guard and mourners surround the casket.
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The Trumps pay their respects in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
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Members of the public, including nuns, pay their respects.
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People pay their respects.
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Members of the public file through the Capitol Rotunda to view the casket.
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Bush's flag-draped casket lies in state inside the Capitol Rotunda.
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The casket bearing his remains is carried into the Capitol Rotunda.
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A military honor guard carries Bush's casket into the Capitol.
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Former President George W. Bush, Laura Bush and other family members watch as a military honor guard carries George H.W. Bush's casket into the Capitol.
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The casket bearing Bush's remains arrives at the Capitol.
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A military honor guard with Bush's casket inside the Capitol.
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Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer, Neil Gorsuch, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts and Samuel Alito await the arrival of Bush's casket inside the Capitol Rotunda.
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A military honor guard in Houston takes the former president's remains to Special Air Mission 41 to be flown to Washington.
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George W. Bush and Laura Bush head up the stairs to the plane after the casket was placed on board at Ellington Field in Houston.
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Sully the service dog.
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People watch the departure ceremony in Houston.

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President Gerald Ford (far right) and Barbara Bush watch as Justice Potter Stewart swears in George H.W. Bush as director of the CIA at the agency's Langley, Virginia, headquarters on Jan. 26, 1976. (credit:David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)
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Vice President Bush holds a campaign rally on Chicago's North Side on Oct. 28, 1988, during his winning presidential run. (credit:Mark Reinstein/Getty Images)
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Vice President Bush holds a campaign rally in Chicago's 23rd Ward on Oct. 28, 1988. (credit:Mark Reinstein/Corbis/Getty Images)
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Barbara Bush (second from left) sits in front of her son George W. Bush (far right) and granddaughters Jenna (third from right) and Barbara at the presidential inauguration of George H.W. Bush in January 1989. (credit:David Woo/Corbis/Getty Images)
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George H.W. Bush, then the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, sits with his wife and their daughter, Dorothy Walker Bush, in the family living room in Washington, D.C., in October 1971. (credit:Leonard McCombe/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
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President-elect George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush visit the inaugural headquarters and look at a jar of jelly beans that are for sale on Dec. 19, 1988. (credit:Mark Reinstein/Corbis/Getty Images)
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Co-owner and managing general partner of the Texas Rangers George W. Bush (left) sits with his father and mother, as they attend a Texas Rangers game in Arlington, Texas, in the 1990s. (credit:Rich Pilling/MLB Photos/Getty Images)
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A formal portrait of President George H.W. Bush's family in the White House on Jan. 21, 1989. (credit:David Valdez/White House/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
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Vice President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush pose at the vice president's residence circa 1983 in Washington, D.C. (credit:David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)
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Barbara Bush greets her husband with a kiss after his successful skydive down to St. Anne's Episcopal Church on June 12, 2014, in Kennebunkport, Maine. (credit:Eric Shea/Getty Images)
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King Hussein ibn Talal and Queen Noor of Jordan chat with Vice President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush in the 1980s. (credit:Cynthia Johnson/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)
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Barbara Bush, first lady Nancy Reagan, President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H.W. Bush gather at the vice president's residence in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 23, 1981. (credit:David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)
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George H.W. and Barbara Bush celebrate with an unidentified man at an Iowa event during the future president's unsuccessful run for the Republican presidential nomination in January 1980. (credit:Robert R. McElroy/Getty Images)
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Vice President George H.W. Bush speaks at an event, with Barbara Bush in the background, in Washington, D.C., circa 1983. (credit:David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)
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Former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush enjoy a night at the park. The Houston Astros defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0 on a 3-hit shutout by pitcher Roy Oswalt. (credit:Bob Levey/Getty Images)
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Barbara Bush stands next to President George H.W. Bush outside the South Portico diplomatic entrance to the White House as they wait the arrival of Prime Minister Anibal Cavacu Silva of Portugal on Jan. 11, 1990. (credit:Mark Reinstein/Getty Images)
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Former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush attend a portrait unveiling at the George Bush Library in College Station, Texas, on April 21, 2003. (credit:Joe Mitchell/Getty Images)
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Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George H.W. Bush and first lady Barbara Bush. (credit:Jeffrey Markowitz/Getty Images)
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President George H.W. Bush returns to the White House from Camp David, via Marine One, and lands on the South Lawn in Washington, D.C., on June 28, 1992. (credit:Mark Reinstein/Getty Images)
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First lady Laura Bush (left) greets her in-laws, former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush, at the Republican National Convention in New York on Sept. 2, 2004. (credit:Dennis Brack/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
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Former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush smile as they are introduced at his 80th birthday celebration at Minute Maid Stadium on June 12, 2004, in Houston, Texas. (credit:Brett Coomer/Getty Images)
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George and Barbara Bush applaud during the evening session of day one of the Republican National Convention on Aug. 30, 2004, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (credit:Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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President-elect George W. Bush (right) sits in the audience with (from left) Vice President-elect Dick Cheney, Lynne Cheney, George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush during the Laura Bush Celebrates America's Authors program on Jan. 19, 2001, in Washington, D.C. (credit:Ron T. Ennis/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Getty Images)
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George H.W. and Barbara Bush wave with their granddaughters Barbara (center left) and Jenna, as they walk through the Capitol Hill Rotunda on Jan. 20, 2005. (credit:ROBERT SULLIVAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (left) meets with George H.W. and Barbara Bush at the former president's office on March 29, 2012, in Houston. (credit:Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
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George H.W. and Barbara Bush walk down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House on Jan. 1, 2007, in Washington, D.C. (credit:BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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George H.W. and Barbara Bush point from their seats on day two of the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center on Sept. 2, 2008, in St. Paul, Minnesota. (credit:Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Former President Bill Clinton (left), former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush stand for the National Anthem at the Points of Light Institute Tribute to George H.W. Bush at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts on March 21, 2011, in Washington, D.C. (credit:Paul Morigi/Getty Images)
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George H.W. and Barbara Bush attend a baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on April 25, 2010, in Houston. (credit:Bob Levey/Getty Images)
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Former President George H.W. Bush escorts Barbara Bush to the christening ceremony of the USS George H.W. Bush at Northrop Grumman's shipyard in Newport News, Virginia, on Oct. 7, 2006. (credit:Brooks Kraft/Getty Images)
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Former first lady Barbara Bush and former President George W. Bush help former President George H.W. Bush rise during the opening ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential Center on April 25, 2013, in Dallas, Texas. (credit:Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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George H.W. and Barbara Bush attend the HBO Documentary special screening of "41," a film about him, on June 12, 2012, in Kennebunkport, Maine. (credit:Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
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George H.W. Bush throws out the ceremonial first pitch to Jed Lowrie of the Houston Astros, as Barbara Bush looks on, prior to game three of the American League Division Series between the Astros and the Kansas City Royals at Minute Maid Park on Oct. 11, 2015, in Houston. (credit:Bob Levey/Getty Images)
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Barbara and George H.W. Bush hold up their hands at the Republican presidential primary debate sponsored by CNN and Telemundo at the University of Houston on Feb. 25, 2016. (credit:Bob Levey/Telemundo/Getty Images)
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Former President George W. Bush laughs with his father, George H.W. Bush, at the dedication of the George W. Bush presidential library on the campus of Southern Methodist University on April 25, 2013, in Dallas. On the left are first lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama and former first lady Barbara Bush. On the right is former first lady Laura Bush. (credit:Brooks Kraft/Corbis/Getty Images)
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George H.W. and Barbara Bush meet with tenor Andrea Bocelli and wife Veronica Bocelli before his concert at the Toyota Center on Dec. 11, 2016, in Houston. (credit:Bob Levey/Getty Images)
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George H. W. and Barbara Bush listen as their son George W. Bush talks about his new book, 41: A Portrait of My Father, during an event at the Bush Library at Texas A&M University in 2014. (credit:Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis/Getty Images)
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George H.W. Bush waves while standing with his wife Barbara and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Hudner Jr. (left) during a tribute to veterans at the Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York on Aug. 30, 2004. (credit:Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
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George H. W. and Barbara Bush bow their heads before the American flag-draped casket with the remains of former President Ronald Reagan, which lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2004. (credit:Mannie Garcia/Reuters)
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George H.W. and Barbara Bush watch the Earl Woods Memorial Pro-Am before the start of the AT&T National PGA golf tournament at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, on July 4, 2007. (credit:Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
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