High winds cancelled plans for 12 Bush grandchildren to skydive onto museum grounds, but it still served as one of the largest Bush family reunions since 2018. By Sam Peshek, Texas A&M University Division of Marketing & Communications Plans for most of President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush’s 17 grandchildren to skydive...
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The Ability in Disability Panel & Short Film
Saturday, June 1 at 1:00 PM Cole Auditorium at Greenwich Library (Greenwich Film Festival) Livestream Below We often hear that Hollywood films lack diversity, but rarely do we hear about the lack of employment of those with disabilities. When sexual orientation, race, and gender are always at the forefront of this matter, what can we...
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Spring 2019 Newsletter: Tribute to “A Great Man”
In this issue, we pay tribute to the inspiring life and legacy of President George H. W. Bush; preview a major coming attraction to the George H. W. Bush Library and Museum; recap the recent, inspiring event featuring actor and humanitarian Gary Sinise; and more.
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Houston Chronicle: George H.W. Bush to be honored by Postal Service with ‘forever’ stamp on June 12
The U.S. Postal Service is honoring former President George H.W. Bush with a forever stamp and dedication ceremony on June 12, which would have been his 95th birthday. The stamp art is a portrait of Bush painted by artist Michael J. Deas and based on a 1997 photograph taken by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, according to the...
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USA Today: The next Bush generation: Pierce Bush considering run for grandfather George H.W. Bush’s former Congress seat
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...
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USA Today: Jenna Bush Hager presents her grandfather’s handicap-accessible car to disabled Navy vet
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...
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KWTX: Bush library wants the plane and the locomotive
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...
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KBTX: George and Barbara Bush Foundation work to bring new exhibits to library
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...
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Houston Chronicle: Bush Foundation wants Air Force One displayed in College Station
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...
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CNN: US Postal Service reveals new stamp honoring President George H.W. Bush
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...