The high point of the commemorations, planned with military precision by a Pentagon task force, will come Wednesday with a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral — the first presidential funeral since Gerald Ford died in 2006. By tradition, the plane is only known as Air Force One when the sitting president is on board. The casket will then be transported to the cathedral for Wednesday’s funeral service — the fourth held there for a former president. The remains will then be transported by train for interment at the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas. Tributes from friendsBaker, who served Bush as secretary of state, joined others in paying warm tribute on Sunday television talk shows.

Source: Egypt Independent December 03, 2018 12:00 UTC