4 days of events to honor Bush

HOUSTON — Former President George H.W. Bush will be honored during several public and private events in Houston and Washington before his burial Thursday in Texas.

Bush, who died Friday at age 94, will be buried next to his wife Barbara and their daughter Robin who died in 1953.

Here are details about the events:

Transport to Washington: Bush’s body will be transported by a motorcade to Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, a Texas Air National Guard base. The casket will be loaded onto a plane and flown to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.

State funeral in Washington: In Washington, Bush will lie in state in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol from today at 2:30 p.m. HST until Wednesday at 3:45 a.m. HST. His casket will be transported by motorcade Wednesday morning to the National Cathedral, where a state funeral will be held at 6 a.m. HST.

Return to Houston: Following the service at the National Cathedral, Bush will be flown to Houston on Wednesday. His body will be transported by motorcade to St. Martin’s Episcopal Church. A public viewing of Bush’s casket will be held at the church.

On Thursday, a private funeral service will be held at the church starting at 6 a.m. HST. After the hour-long service, a motorcade will transport Bush’s casket to a train station north of Houston, near the international airport named after Bush. A ceremony will be held at the train station as Bush’s casket is loaded onto a Union Pacific train.

Burial in College Station: Once in College Station, Bush’s casket will then be transported by motorcade to the presidential library, where he will be buried at the gated family plot near his wife and their daughter Robin, who died of leukemia at age 3.