Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole arrived at the Capitol Rotunda Tuesday to honor the life of former President George H.W. Bush, who will lie in state until Wednesday, in a wheelchair being pushed by an aide.
It’s what happened next that has the world talking.
Once next to Bush’s American flag-draped casket, the aide helped Dole to his feet so that he could salute his fellow World War Two veteran once last time.
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>A last, powerful gesture of respect from one member of the Greatest Generation, <a href=”https://twitter.com/SenatorDole?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@SenatorDole</a>, to another. <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Remembering41?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#Remembering41</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bush41?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#Bush41</a> <a href=”https://t.co/WiT2WiAjnk”>pic.twitter.com/WiT2WiAjnk</a></p>— Jim McGrath (@jgm41) <a href=”https://twitter.com/jgm41/status/1070021062920855552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>December 4, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
This video is just more proof that the Greatest Generation will always be the standard by which every generation of Americans will be judged.
And we’ll undoubtedly always come up short.
Have a hot tip for First In Freedom Daily?
Got a hot news tip for us? Photos or video of a breaking story? Send your tips, photos and videos to tips@firstinfreedomdaily.com. All hot tips are immediately forwarded to FIFD Staff.
Have something to say? Send your own guest column or original reporting to submissions@firstinfreedomdaily.com.
Join the conversation!
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, vulgarity, profanity, all caps, or discourteous behavior. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain a courteous and useful public environment where we can engage in reasonable discourse.