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September 2005
Laura Bush visits people affected by Hurricane Katrina at the Bethany World Prayer Center shelter, Monday, Sept. 5, 2005 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where hundreds of people have taken refuge.
Laura Bush visits people affected by Hurricane Katrina at the Bethany World Prayer Center shelter, Monday, Sept. 5, 2005 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where hundreds of people have taken refuge.
Laura Bush leans down to comfort a woman and her young child inside the Cajundome at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette, Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, during her visit to the center, one of many created to accommodate victims of Hurricane Katrina. Laura Bush reaches out to a victim of Hurricane Katrina during a visit Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, to the Cajundome at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette. "The people of this part of the United States, the Lafayette area of Louisiana, are very, very warm people," said Mrs. Bush. "They've opened their hearts, and many of them have opened their homes, as well, to people from New Orleans -- family members and strangers."
Laura Bush visits with a young boy displaced by Hurricane Katrina in the Cajundome at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette, La., Friday, Sept. 2, 2005. Laura Bush meets with first responders to Hurricane Katrina at the Acadian Ambulance Center in Lafayette, La., Friday, Sept. 2, 2005.
Laura Bush visits with people affected by Hurricane Katrina in the Cajundome at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette, La., Friday, Sept. 2, 2005. First Lady Laura Bush hugs a young girl displaced by Hurricane Katrina during her visit Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, to the Cajundome at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette. "Some things are working very, very well in Louisiana," Mrs. Bush said. "And certainly this center is one of those..."
First Lady Laura Bush gets an update on the situation of efforts to help people in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina during a visit of Red Cross headquarters with President George W. Bush on Sunday September 4, 2005. Laura Bush visits people affected by Hurricane Katrina at the Bethany World Prayer Center shelter, Monday, Sept. 5, 2005 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where hundreds of people have taken refuge.
Laura Bush visits with a family outside their hurricane damaged home, Monday, Sept. 5, 2005, on West Ida Street in Poplarville, Miss. President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush made the visit during their trip through the hurricane ravaged areas of the Gulf Coast. President George W. Bush, seen with U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, center, and Laura Bush, left, gestures as he speaks with reporters, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005 in the Oval Office at the White House, about efforts the Department of Education is undertaking with a program, "Hurricane Help for Schools," established to assist schools and students affected by Hurricane Katrina.
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush pay their respects to Chief Justice William Rehnquist as his body lies in repose in the Great Hall of the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005. Standing as honor guard for the Chief Justice is one of his former law clerks, Courtney Ellwood. President George W. Bush and Laura Bush walk with Justice Antonin Scalia and Sally Rider, the Chief Justice's assistant, after viewing a portrait of Chief Justice William Rehnquist as his body lies in repose in the Great Hall of the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005.
Laura Bush is joined by U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, right, as she reads a book to first graders at Lovejoy Elementary School in Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, September 8, 2005. Laura Bush meets Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005 with families from New Orleans, displaced last week as a result of Hurricane Katrina, at the Greenbrook Elementary School in DeSoto County, Miss. Greenbrook Elementary School has enrolled the most displaced students among the DeSoto County schools in Mississippi.
Laura Bush embraces a child Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005 of one of the families from New Orleans, displaced last week as a result of Hurricane Katrina, during a meeting at the Greenbrook Elementary School in DeSoto County, Miss. Greenbrook Elementary School has enrolled the most displaced students among the DeSoto County schools in Mississippi.

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