Thirty years ago, Chinese troops stormed Tiananmen Square in Beijing, ruthlessly dispersing what remained of tens of thousands of demonstrators who had been occupying it – and demanding political reforms – for more than a month. In the United States, the outrage to this event was sharp and widespread. President George Bush and his National...
Thirty years ago, on May 29, 1989, President George H.W. Bush led NATO to adopt his proposals to begin the unwinding of the cold war with the Soviet Union. Although the summit meeting six months later between George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev at Malta – which took place in December of 1989 – is usually celebrated as being the milestone date for the end of the cold war, Malta would never have happened without the events that came together in Brussels over Memorial Day Week in 1989.
Pierce Bush, the grandson of late President George H.W. Bush, may try to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps. Bush, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star, said in a statement that he is “seriously considering running” in 2020 for the 7th Congressional District, which is located in the Houston suburbs. George H.W. Bush held...
Get your tissues ready… On Thursday, “Today” host Jenna Bush Hager and former “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno teamed up to surprise Navy veteran David Miller with some new wheels. They pulled up to Rockefeller Plaza in New York City in a van as Miller and his family were interviewed by Savannah Guthrie and Craig...
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KWTX) The George and Barbara Bush Foundation wants both a locomotive and a plane to exhibit at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, but not just any locomotive and not just any plane. The foundation is requesting that an Air Force One plane that is set for...
COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (KBTX) It was 14 years ago when the George Bush 4141 locomotive was designed by Union Pacific in honor of President George H.W. Bush.That train was special then, but holds even more meaning now after it carried him from Houston to College Station during his funeral last December. Now the 4141 engine...
The George and Barbara Bush Foundation has asked that the late president’s library and museum at Texas A&M University become the permanent home of the Air Force One plane that once transported Bush around the world. The College Station-based foundation wants to display one of two Boeing VC-25A planes, to be retired in 2025, on...
The US Postal Service has announced the creation of a new forever stamp honoring President George H.W. Bush, who died late last year at the age of 94. The USPS statement called the 41st President an “advocate for public service” and said he “guided the United States through the end of the Cold War and...
Re-Named Foundation Adds New Family Board Members, Opens Houston Satellite in Former President’s Office COLLEGE STATION, TX – The George H. W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation today announced that, consistent with the wishes of President and Mrs. Bush and their family, its Board of Directors has approved changing the name of the organization to become the...
