President Bush's funeral another milestone in the passing of the 'Greatest Generation'
WASHINGTON - An honor guard fired a 21-gun salute and a military band played "Hail to the Chief" for George H.W. Bush, America's 41st president, as his family watched his flag-draped casket descend from the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday for the last time to make the journey toward his state funeral.
Services for the patriarch of the Bush family, which dominated the Republican establishment and world affairs for much of the last century, prompted government offices to close and the nation to pause, mourn and celebrate the last president from the so-called Greatest Generation,
