PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Democratic Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has ordered flags in the state lowered to half-staff to honor former first lady Barbara Bush.
Raimondo’s order on Wednesday applies to all U.S. and Rhode Island flags at state buildings. It is in accordance with a presidential proclamation.
Bush died Tuesday at the age of 92.
Raimondo says she remembers Bush as a strong woman, unafraid to speak her mind in the national spotlight.
Bush brought a plainspoken, grandmotherly style to Washington, according to her Associated Press obituary . She was one of only two first ladies in American history, along with Abigail Adams, to be the wife and mother of a U.S. president.
Her 73-year marriage to former president George H.W. Bush was the longest of any presidential couple.
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