The Life of George H.W. Bush Through Photos

Official portrait of 41st President of the United States, George H.W. Bush. N/A, likely POTUS [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

N/A, likely POTUS [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Official portrait of 41st President of the United States, George H.W. Bush. N/A, likely POTUS [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

By Blake Ramey
December 20, 2018

Photograph by Bobak Ha’Eri via Wikimedia Commons
This is the house that George H.W. Bush grew up in that is located in Bakersfield, California that Bush resided in during 1949.

Photograph by @BeschlossDC on Twitter
George H.W. Bush attended Yale University and played pitcher for the Yale baseball team. In the picture, you can see baseball legend Babe Ruth present Bush with an award.
via @BeschlossDC on Twitter

 

Photograph by Naval History & Heritage Command [Public domain] via Wikimedia Commons
Before Bush was a president, he was a pilot. Bush flew in multiple attacks during World War II.
via Wikimedia Commons
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George H.W. Bush speaking to former Army General and statesmen Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Bush meeting with Russian President Boris Yeltsin at the Kremlin, a citadel in Russia. This was a significant meeting because Russian relations with the United States had been edgy for decades.
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Jun. 16th, 1992
Photograph by Nima Baghaei via Wikimedia Commons
Bush meets with Pope John Paul II whom Bush had a good relationship with up until the Pope’s death in 2005.
via Wikimedia Commons
In 1989, President George H.W. Bush, alongside his wife Barbara Bush, is sworn into office to become the 41st president of the United States.
via @CNN on Twitter
N/A, likely POTUS [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Official presidential portrait of 41st President of the United States, George H.W. Bush.
N/A, likely POTUS [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Photograph by chrisn4255 via Wikimedia Commons
A rather legendary photo with all former presidents. (Left to right, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, George Bush, Ronald Reagan, and James Carter)
via Wikimedia Commons
© Wally McNamee/CORBIS
President George Bush presents Senator Strom Thurmond with the Medal of Freedom in a ceremony in the Oval Office. January 12, 1993 Washington, DC, USA
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After Bush’s war years, he revisited a famous war sight that is the Beirut barracks bombing.
via Wikimedia Commons
Oct. 19th, 1983
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer’s Mate Johnny Bivera.
George H.W. Bush analyzes a model of a Navy ship that is named in his honor, the USS George H.W. Bush. The ship cost a grand total of 6.2 billion dollars. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer’s Mate Johnny Bivera.
Joseph Lozada. – U.S. Department of Defense Wikimedia Commons
George H.W. Bush pictured later in his life with his longtime wife and former First Lady Barbara Bush. The couple was married for 73 years. Barbara Bush passed away on Apr. 17, 2018 in Houston, Texas.
Joseph Lozada. – U.S. Department of Defense via Wikimedia Commons
@Jgm41 Twitter
Family and friends mourn the loss of George H.W. Bush and say their final goodbyes. Bush passed away on November 30, 2018 at his home in Houston, TX.
via @jgm41 on Twitter
Jim McGrath
George H.W. Bush’s service dog, Sully, resting in front of his former owner’s casket.
via @jgm41