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Laura Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush participate with Dr. Vartan Gregorian in the White House conference on School Libraries, June 4, 2002.
Laura Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush participate with Dr. Vartan Gregorian in the White House conference on School Libraries, June 4, 2002.
Laura Bush listens as a student at Caesar Chavez Elementary School reads during a "Ready to Read Ready to Learn" visit to the school in Hyattsville, Maryland, Feb., 26, 2001. Hosting the Mark Twain Symposium, Laura Bush sits with Patricia Rowland and documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, in the East Room Nov. 29, 2001.
The Calvin Coolidge Senior High School Concert Choir performs at the White House Salute to America's Authors: Harlem Renaissance event in the East Room March 13, 2002. Laura Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush participate with Dr. Vartan Gregorian in the White House conference on School Libraries, June 4, 2002.
Laura Bush, Lynne Cheney and others laugh with Melissa Gilbert, right, who portrayed Laura Ingalls Wilder, in Little House on the Prairie series, based on Wilder's books, during the White House Symposium on Women of the West, September 17, 2002. Laura Bush attends the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries, June 2, 2005, at Austin Community Academy High School, Chicago, Illinois.
Laura Bush meets with civic leaders at Centre for the Book, an institution established to create a culture of literacy in South Africa, Tuesday, July 12, 2005 in Cape Town. Laura Bush looks at an Ancient Thesis of Montichelli during a tour given by Paolo Novaria, Archives, left, at the University of Turin Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006, in Turin, Italy.
Mrs. Laura Bush addresses her remarks at The Big Read event Monday, April 16, 2007 at the Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, Conn. The Big Read is a nationwide initiative of the National Endowment of the Arts. Mrs. Laura Bush delivers remarks Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at the Schwerin City Library in Schwerin, Germany. Said Mrs.Bush, "Our countries -- the United States and Germany -- are friends today because we both treasure freedom and we share a deep love of learning. I hope that new ties of friendship will form between Germany and the United States as a result of America@Your Library."
Mrs. Laura Bush arrives Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at the Schwerin City Library in Schwerin, Germany, where she delivered remarks and participated in a ribbon-cutting at the opening of America@Your Library. Mrs. Laura Bush participates in a ribbon-cutting Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at the Schwerin City Library in Schwerin, Germany. Joining her are Norbert Claussen, Lord Mayor of Schwerin, and Heidrun Hamann, the Director of the library.
Five-year-old Reese stands with Mrs. Laura Bush at the Westbank Community Library in Austin during the announcement Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007, of the Laura Bush Community Library. The library is the first public library in the United States to be named for Mrs. Bush, a former teacher and librarian. Mrs. Laura Bush along with Dr. Anne Radice, the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, right, presents a 2007 National Awards for Museum and Library Services awards to both Nancy Stueber, Director, and Priyam Shah, Community Representative of the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, Portland, OR, during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House Monday, January 14, 2008. "Regular visitors to OMSI can touch a tornado, uncover a fossil, experience an earthquake, visit the Northwest's largest planetarium, explore a Navy submarine, or just experiment on their own in one of eight hands-on labs." Mrs. Bush said of the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry during her remarks.
Mrs. Laura Bush delivers remarks at the Westbank Community Library in Austin, Tuesday, August 14, 2007, where the construction of the Laura Bush Community Library was announced. "Libraries have been a part of my life... since my mother first took me to the Midland Public Library when I was a child," said Mrs. Bush. "You can imagine how thrilled I am..." Mrs. Laura Bush offers remarks at the 2008 National Medals for Museum and Library Service Ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Oct. 7, 2008. The First Lady honored five libraries and five museums for their outstanding contributions to public service.

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