President George H.W. Bush

The former presidents' comments come as polls show many Americans would be hesitant to receive a vaccine once one becomes available.

Union Pacific Locomotive 4141 will take Bush's body to College Station, Texas on Thursday. He will be laid to rest at the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library Center at Texas A&M University.

"If I hadn't gone to work for George Herbert Walker Bush, I don't know what I'd be doing in my life," says David Valdez, who photographed Bush throughout his vice presidency, presidency and beyond.

Former President George W. Bush delivered the main eulogy, saying his father "showed me what it means to be a president who serves with integrity." The body will be laid to rest in Texas on Thursday.

Former President George H.W. Bush is being honored with funeral services at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. The 41st president will be eulogized…

Former President George H.W. Bush's son George W. will deliver a eulogy, and three of his granddaughters will give biblical readings. They're just four members of the sprawling Bush family.

Those planning to mail holiday gifts on Wednesday can avoid some frustration by steering clear of post offices. They won’t be open.

The nation's 41st president loved horseshoes, went skydiving, and of course, was a self-proclaimed "sock man."

While politicians praised his service to the country, former President George W. Bush called him "the best dad a son or daughter could ask for."

The World War II generation had a sense of serving the country together and also shared a belief in professionalism, one historian says. Still, Bush was not afraid to get personal with campaign foes.

The patriarch of a political dynasty, Bush was the last World War II vet to serve in the Oval Office. His son George W. called him "one of the greatest one-term presidents in the nation's history."

The 93-year-old former president is hospitalized for low blood pressure and fatigue, says spokesman Jim McGrath. George H.W. Bush arrived in Maine on May 20 for the summer.