WASHINGTON—Former President George H.W. 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, who died late Friday, Nov. 30, at his Houston home at age 94, is to be honored with a state funeral at National Cathedral in the nation’s capital on Dec. 5, followed by burial on Dec. 6, on the grounds of his presidential library at Texas A&M.
