Now it's Texas' time to bid farewell to George H.W. Bush
HOUSTON - George H.W. Bush was born and raised in New England, but when his body left Washington on Wednesday, it was flown back to his adopted home: Texas.
Bush supporters in Texas have flocked to makeshift memorials at the feet of his statues overlooking Houston's Buffalo Bayou riverfront park and his presidential library at Texas A&M University. Flags were lowered to half-staff across the state after his death Friday at age 94 at the home he shared with his late wife, Barbara, in Houston's upscale Tanglewood neighborhood. Gov. Greg Abbott declared Wednesday a statewide day of mourning, with schools that have
