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President and Mrs. Bush Attend Presentation of the 2008 National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush stand with the recipients of the 2008 National Humanities Medal in the Blue Room at the White House Monday, Nov., 17, 2008. Pictured from left, Thomas A. Saunders III, president, and Jordan Horner Saunders, Board of Directors, North Shore Long Island Jewish Health Systems; Albert Marrin, author; Richard Brookhiser, Senior Editor, National Review; Harold Holzer, Senior Vice President for External Affairs, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Gabor S. Boritt, Director, Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College; Milton J. Rosenberg, WGN Radio Chicago; Myron Magnet, editor, City Journal; Adair Wakefield Margo, Presidential Citizen Medal recipient; Robert H. Smith, president, Vornado/Charles E. Smith; Laurie Norton, Director and CEO, Norman Rockwell Museum; Bruce Cole, Presidential Citizen Medal recipient. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush stand with the recipients of the 2008 National Humanities Medal in the Blue Room at the White House Monday, Nov., 17, 2008. Pictured from left, Thomas A. Saunders III, president, and Jordan Horner Saunders, Board of Directors, North Shore Long Island Jewish Health Systems; Albert Marrin, author; Richard Brookhiser, Senior Editor, National Review; Harold Holzer, Senior Vice President for External Affairs, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Gabor S. Boritt, Director, Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College; Milton J. Rosenberg, WGN Radio Chicago; Myron Magnet, editor, City Journal; Adair Wakefield Margo, Presidential Citizen Medal recipient; Robert H. Smith, president, Vornado/Charles E. Smith; Laurie Norton, Director and CEO, Norman Rockwell Museum; Bruce Cole, Presidential Citizen Medal recipient. White House photo by Chris Greenberg Full Story
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush stand with the recipients of the 2008 National Humanities Medal in the Blue Room at the White House Monday, Nov., 17, 2008. Pictured from left, Thomas A. Saunders III, president, and Jordan Horner Saunders, Board of Directors, North Shore Long Island Jewish Health Systems; Albert Marrin, author; Richard Brookhiser, Senior Editor, National Review; Harold Holzer, Senior Vice President for External Affairs, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Gabor S. Boritt, Director, Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College; Milton J. Rosenberg, WGN Radio Chicago; Myron Magnet, editor, City Journal; Adair Wakefield Margo, Presidential Citizen Medal recipient; Robert H. Smith, president, Vornado/Charles E. Smith; Laurie Norton, Director and CEO, Norman Rockwell Museum; Bruce Cole, Presidential Citizen Medal recipient. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President George W. Bush stands with members of the U.S. Ryder Cup Team Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, in the Oval Office of the White House. The Ryder Cup is awarded biennially in a golf championship between the United States and Europe. The U.S. won the 2008 Cup by five points in September, the largest margin of victory since 1981. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President George W. Bush congratulates legendary comic book creator Stan Lee of Los Angeles, as a recipient of the 2008 National Medal of Arts in ceremonies Monday, Nov. 17, 2008 at the White House. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush stand with the recipients of the 2008 National Medal of Arts and Presidential Citizen Medal recipients in the Blue Room at the White House Monday, Nov., 17, 2008. Pictured from left, Henry 'Hank' Jones, Jr., jazz musician; Wayne Reynolds, president of the board of the Ford's Theatre Society; Stan Lee, legendary comic book creator; Paul Tetreault, director of the Ford's Theatre Society; Olivia de Havilland, actress; Carla Maxwell, artistic director of Jose Limon Dance Foundation; Hazel O'Leary, president of Fisk University and Paul Kwami, musical director for Fisk University Jubilee Singers; Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts; Adair Wakefield Margo, chairman for the President's Committee on Arts and Humanities; Jesus Moroles, sculptor; and Robert Capanna, of the Presser Foundation. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President George W. Bush congratulates Myron Magnet, editor of the City Journal of New York, as a recipient of the 2008 National Humanities Medal in ceremonies Monday, Nov. 17, 2008 at the White House. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President George W. Bush congratulates Carla Maxwell, artistic director of the Jose Limon Dance Foundation of New York, as a recipient of the 2008 National Medal of Arts in ceremonies Monday, Nov. 17, 2008 at the White House. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
President George W. Bush welcomes the award recipients to the presentation of the 2008 National Medal of Arts and 2008 National Humanities Medal, honoring those for their outstanding contributions to the arts, and the preservation and education of the humanities in America. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
President George W. Bush welcomes the award recipients to the presentation of the 2008 National Medal of Arts and 2008 National Humanities Medal, honoring those for their outstanding contributions to the arts, and the preservation and education of the humanities in America. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
 
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