Washington, Dec 5 (VOA) - U.S. President Donald Trump and four former presidents will gather Wednesday at the Washington National Cathedral to pay a final tribute to George Herbert Walker Bush, the nation's 41st president, who died last Friday at age 94.

Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama will join current Commander-in-Chief Donald Trump for Bush's funeral services at the Washington National Cathedral, where they will hear a speech by George W. Bush, son of the late president and the 43rd president of the United States.

Also speaking at the state funeral will be former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson and historian Jon Meacham, Bush's biographer. Dignitaries attending include Britain's Prince Charles, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Lech Walesa, former president of Poland.

Wednesday's services will begin when a motorcade carries the former president's flag-draped casket to the cathedral from the U.S. Capitol, where he had been lying in state since Monday for the public to pay their respects.

La Voz de América interviewed César Martínez, president of Mas Consulting, analyst and political consultant, to discuss President George H.W. Bush's legacy for the country and the world, and especially his relationship with Hispanics. Bush's legacy for the country and the world, and especially his relationship with Hispanics.

Among those who came to the Capitol was a visitor from Bush's home state of Texas: "Well, I'm from Texas, and he was obviously from Texas, too. Certainly well respected. And he did a lot of good things over the years."

A touching moment during the public wake Tuesday came when former Sen. Bob Dole, 95, was helped out of his wheelchair and greeted his fellow Republican and World War II veteran.

After the funeral, former President Bush's casket will be taken to Andrews Air Force Base and flown to Houston, Texas, for a private service Thursday, after which he will be buried in his presidential library and museum at Texas A&M University in College Station, next to his wife, Barbara, who died in April, and his daughter Robin, who died of leukemia in 1953 when she was just 3 years old.