First lady Melania Trump and Dorothy Bush Koch unveil a U.S. Postal Service Stamp honoring former first lady Barbara Bush, on May 8, 2025, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C.

DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Born Barbara Pierce — a descendant from the family that included 14th U.S. President Franklin Pierce — the future first lady married George H.W. Bush in 1945.

Barbara Bush, wife of 41st President George H. W. Bush, served as first lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993 and second lady from 1981 to 1989.

Bush served as first lady from 1989 until 1993, when her husband, George H.W. Bush, served as president for one term. Both Barbara and George H.W. Bush died in 2018 at ages 92 and 94, respectively.

The ceremony will offer the public a first look at the U.S. Postal Service's stamp honoring the late Barbara Bush, the wife of the late former President George H.W. Bush.

The former president and first lady have five grandchildren between their twin daughters Jenna and Barbara Former President George W. Bush is inspiring his grandkids to follow in his footsteps ...

The big picture: Former President George W. Bush, whom the Washington Post notes never endorsed Trump during the Republican leader's presidential campaigns, was notably absent from the ceremony.

George W. Bush did not attend a White House event honoring his late mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, with a commemorative U.S. postal service stamp.

Trump has also repeatedly criticized George W. Bush’s response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the Iraq war. “Bush led a failed and uninspiring presidency.