COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Hundreds of people visited George H. W. Bush’s gravesite on the first day it was open to the public.
There was a steady line of people waiting to pay their respects all day Saturday.
The 41st President is buried next to his wife, Barbara, and their daughter, Robin, behind the Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Texas A&M University.
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The family plot will be open again Sunday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The Bush Presidential Library and Museum has also opened a memorial exhibit honoring President Bush, which will be on display until Dec. 31.
Once again, there’s no shortage of people ready and willing to give their time to remember 41. Today is the first day is grave is open to the public at the Bush Library in College Station. #KHOU11 pic.twitter.com/DNNjNQYZys
— Stephanie Whitfield (@KHOUStephanie) December 8, 2018