Before that, students, staff and visitors had been flocking to Bush’s presidential library on the campus of Texas A&M University, with thousands of mourners paying their respects at a weekend candlelight vigil at a nearby pond and others contributing to growing flower memorials at Bush statues ...
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George Herbert Walker Bush poses with his wife Barbara during his campaign for Congress in the 1960s. After losing his first race in 1964, Bush won two terms to Congress, before running for the Senate in 1970, losing to Lloyd Bentsen. China George Bush Presidential Library and Museum George...
George H. W. Bush was born to Prescott S. Bush, a wealthy businessman and Senator, and Dorothy Walker Bush. He had three brothers, Prescott Bush, Jonathan Bush, and William "Buck" Bush and one sister, Nancy Ellis. On January 6, 1945, Bush marriedBarbara Pierce. They had been engaged ...
On the afternoon of December 6, Bush’s funeral train will travel approximately 70 miles to College Station, home of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The train will be led by a special locomotive numbered 4141 that was painted by the Union Pacific Railroad to look like...
"Known as Barbara, as Bar, as mom, mother, as Ganny, as the 'Silver Fox' and as the 'Enforcer,' she was candid and comforting, steadfast and straightforward, honest and loving," eulogized presidential historian Jon Meacham at Bush's memorial service. Former President George W. Bush and...
He will be buried alongside her and the former first lady at his presidential library in College Station, Texas. When Bush left office in 1993, he joined the dubious club of presidents rejected by voters after only one term in office. A career filled with top jobs preparing him for the pr...
The 1992 presidential election was one of the most consequential in US history. The incumbent that year was President George H.W. Bush, who, despite being popular during much of his presidency, was facing a tough reelection campaign due to a recession. His main opponents were Bill Cli...
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum George and Barbara Bush, with their first two children, George W. and Pauline ("Robin"), at the rodeo grounds in Midland, Texas, October 1950. They would have four more children: John ("Jeb"), Neil, Marvin, and Dorothy. ...
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum George and Barbara Bush, with their first two children, George W. and Pauline ("Robin"), at the rodeo grounds in Midland, Texas, October 1950. They would have four more children: John ("Jeb"), Neil, Marvin, and Dorothy. ...