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October 2006
Mrs. Laura Bush purchases a box of homemade chocolates Tuesday, October 24, 2006, at Seroogy's, a family owned business that has been making chocolates for more than a hundred years in De Pere, Wisconsin.
Mrs. Laura Bush purchases a box of homemade chocolates Tuesday, October 24, 2006, at Seroogy's, a family owned business that has been making chocolates for more than a hundred years in De Pere, Wisconsin.
Mrs. Laura Bush listens to David Temple, actor portraying Benjamin Franklin, Wednesday, October 18, 2006, as he guides her through the Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World Exhibit, at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Houston, Texas. The exhibition, a blend of art, history, science, and material culture, features Franklin's original possessions, including many items never publicly displayed, iconic works of art and rare documents. It also features interactive devices that enable visitors to explore Franklin's eighteenth-century world using twenty-first-century technology. Mrs. Laura Bush watches as David Temple, actor portraying Benjamin Franklin, performs a demonstration related to static electricity at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Wednesday, October 18, 2006, with the help of a 6th grade student from the Baines Middle School in Houston, TX.
Mrs. Laura Bush addresses the Preserve America Summit at the U.S. Custom House in New Orleans, La., Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006. "By creating institutions like the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the State Historic Preservation Offices, and the National Register of Historic Places, the National Historic Preservation Act has saved priceless artifacts of American history, and led to four terrific decades of preservation work throughout the United States," said Mrs. Bush. Mrs. Laura Bush listens to Dr. Libby O'Connell, Chief Historian of The History Channel, during a youth breakout session at the Preserve America Summit in New Orleans, La., Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006.
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush welcome Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden to the White House Monday, Oct. 23, 2006. President George W. Bush and Laura Bush welcome Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden to the White House Monday, Oct. 23, 2006.
Mrs. Laura Bush listens to Sandy Bates, Secretary of the Board for Pearl S. Buck International, center, and Janice Walsh, daughter of Pearl S. Buck, right, Tuesday, October 24, 2006, during a tour of the Pearl S. Buck House National Landmark, a 2005 Save America's Treasures grant recipient, in Perkasie, Pennsylvania. Pearl S. Buck was the first woman to win the Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes and also dedicated her life to promoting tolerance, human rights and inter-cultural understanding. John Long, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Pearl S. Buck International, presents Mrs. Laura Bush with the 2006 Pearl S. Buck Woman of the Year award Tuesday, October 24, 2006, at the Pearl S. Buck House in Perkasie, Pennsylvania. The Pearl S. Buck award is given to honor women who make outstanding contributions in the areas of cross-cultural understanding, humanitarian outreach, and improving the life and expanding opportunities for children around the world.
Mrs. Laura Bush purchases a box of homemade chocolates Tuesday, October 24, 2006, at Seroogy's, a family owned business that has been making chocolates for more than a hundred years in De Pere, Wisconsin. Mrs. Laura Bush picks out a pumpkin at Hackman's Farm Market and Green House Wednesday, October 25, 2006, in Columbus, Indiana.
Mrs. Laura Bush visits the West Palm Beach Public Library in West Palm Beach, Fla.,where she reads "The Spider and the Fly" to children.

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