Federal offices closed for funeral of former President George H.W. Bush

 

As part of the national day of mourning for former President George H.W. Bush, there will be no postal delivery on Wednesday, the day of his funeral.

Albert Lea Tribune subscribers will receive both the Wednesday and Thursday editions of the newspaper on Thursday, as the newspaper is delivered via letter carriers with the U.S. Postal Service. All federal offices will be closed.

All content in the print edition will be available on the Tribune’s website and on the E-edition platform at normal times, and newspapers will be available in racks and at the various dealers in the community. 

Bush, who was president from 1989 to 1993, died late Friday at his home in  Houston at the age of 94.

He will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda for a ceremony and public visitation from Monday through Wednesday. An invitation-only funeral service is set for Wednesday at Washington National Cathedral. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are to attend. Bush’s family has not said who will speak at the service. Former President Jimmy Carter also will be there.

Afterward, Bush will be returned to Houston to lie in repose at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church before burial Thursday at his family plot on the library grounds. His final resting place will be alongside Barbara Bush, his wife of 73 years who died in April, and Robin Bush, the daughter they lost to leukemia in 1953 at age 3.

Bush’s casket arrived in Washington Monday afternoon aboard the U.S. military airplane. The crew was tasked by Trump with carrying out “Special Air Mission 41,” a reference to Bush’s place in the roster of America’s presidents.

 

— The Associated Press contributed to this report.