Americans Pay Respects to Late President Bush at US Capitol

Mourners pay their respects at the casket of former U.S. President George H.W. Bush as it lies in state inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 4, 2018. Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters

Current and former generals, lawmakers, and Cabinet members joined ordinary Americans on Dec. 4 at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda to pay their respects to the late President George H.W. Bush, who died Nov. 30 at the age of 94, after a life of service as a World War II hero, head of the CIA, and wartime president.

Tourists and office workers walked in silence past a flag-draped casket that held Bush’s body under the soaring Capitol dome.