Thursday's expected events follow a day of national mourning primarily in Washington, D.C., where former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and son George W. Bush joined President Donald Trump for a state funeral at the National Cathedral. A family-centered funeral at St. Martin's Episcopal Church is scheduled to begin at about 10 a.m., with eulogies expected from grandson and Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, as well as former Secretary of State and close friend James A. Baker III. When President George W. Bush greeted former presidents and their spouses at the funeral for his father, George H.W. Bush will come to a close in his adopted home state on Thursday, as an estimated 1,200 mourners will attend his Houston funeral before a private burial service at his presidential library in College Station.
U.S. President Donald Trump and former U.S. Presidents George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, and Bill Clinton attend the ceremony alongside German chancellor Angela Merkel and Britain's Prince Charles.