• Flowers lay at the base of a statue of George HW Bush outside the George HW Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas. EPA
    Flowers lay at the base of a statue of George HW Bush outside the George HW Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas. EPA
  • Candles are seen at a vigil organised by The Bush School of Government and Public Service at the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas. AFP
    Candles are seen at a vigil organised by The Bush School of Government and Public Service at the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas. AFP
  • Mourners attend a vigil at the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas. AFP
    Mourners attend a vigil at the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas. AFP
  • Mourners place candles at the foot of the statue at the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas. AFP
    Mourners place candles at the foot of the statue at the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas. AFP
  • Mourners Steve and Anne Christian take part in a vigil outside the George HW Bush Presidential Library. Reuters
    Mourners Steve and Anne Christian take part in a vigil outside the George HW Bush Presidential Library. Reuters
  • Mourners take part in a vigil outside the George HW Bush Presidential Library and Museum. Reuters
    Mourners take part in a vigil outside the George HW Bush Presidential Library and Museum. Reuters
  • A visitor signs a guest book as they visit the George HW Bush Presidential Library and Museum. EPA
    A visitor signs a guest book as they visit the George HW Bush Presidential Library and Museum. EPA
  • A person stands next to a pond during a candlelight vigil behind the George HW Bush Presidential Library and Museum. EPA
    A person stands next to a pond during a candlelight vigil behind the George HW Bush Presidential Library and Museum. EPA

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Mourners hold vigils for George HW Bush - in pictures

Residents gather in Texas to remember the former US president

The National

December 02, 2018

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Flags flew at half-staff in Washington as Americans prepared for a week of solemn tributes to George HW Bush, in his home state of Texas and in the US Capitol, a day after the former president died aged 94.

Tributes poured in from world leaders in memory of the 41st US president, who guided America through the end of the Cold War and launched the international campaign to drive Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein's forces from Kuwait.

Bush's passing came just months after the death in April of his wife and revered first lady Barbara Bush - his "most beloved woman in the world" - to whom he was married for 73 years.

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