Visitors Stream Through Capitol Rotunda As George H.W. Bush Lies In State

Members of the public view the casket containing former President George H.W. Bush’s remains as he lies in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Monday night.

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Updated at 10:17 p.m. ET

The U.S. Capitol is host to a hushed stream of mourners Tuesday, paying their respects to former President George H.W. Bush, whose flag-draped casket, attended by a military honor guard, lies in the center of the building’s rotunda.

Former President George W. Bush, the late president’s firstborn child and eldest son, former first lady Laura Bush, their twin daughters Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and several other members of the Bush family paid their respects to the family’s patriarch in a visit to the Capitol Rotunda Tuesday evening.