Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush

Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush

Bush's remains lie in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda
Date	December 3–6, 2018 (state funeral) December 1–30, 2018 (mourning period)
Venue	Stage I: Ellington Field[1] Stage II: Joint Base Andrews U.S. Capitol Washington National Cathedral[1] Stage III: St. Martin's Episcopal Church Union Pacific Railroad Westfield Auto Facility Texas A&M University George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum[1]
Location	Stage I: Houston, Texas[2] Stage II: Joint Base Andrews, Maryland Washington, D.C.[3] Stage III: Houston, Texas Spring, Texas College Station, Texas[4]
Type	State funeral
Participants	Donald Trump Barack Obama George W. Bush (son) Bill Clinton Jimmy Carter Mike Pence Dan Quayle James Baker Members of the 115th Congress Members-elect of the 116th Congress
Website	www.jtf.usstatefuneral.mdw.army.mil

This article is part of a series about George H. W. Bush
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On November 30, 2018, George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, died from vascular Parkinson's disease at his home in Houston, Texas. Bush was the first former U.S. president to die in nearly 12 years since Gerald Ford in late 2006. At the age of 94 years, 171 days, Bush was the longest-lived U.S. president in history at the time of his death, a record which was surpassed by Jimmy Carter on March 22, 2019; both were born in the same year (1924).^[5]

Shortly after news broke of Bush's death, President Donald Trump declared a national day of mourning and ordered all flags "throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions" lowered to half staff for 30 days after his death. The state funeral of George Bush was the official funerary rites conducted by the Government of the United States which occurred over a period of four days from December 3 to 6, 2018. About a dozen world leaders attended the event.