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While the center is being built, we offered website visitors a first glimpse into the stories and artifacts that will be shared to tell the life and times of the President and First Lady as they served our nation.

Treasures On Exhibit

Here’s a firsthand glimpse - a sneak peek at a few of the treasures that shaped George W. Bush’s presidency and our nation’s history.

Some of the treasures include:

Letters from soldiers and their families on display, including a letter from U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Christian Bagge, 23, of Eugene, Oregon. President George W. Bush runs with Christian Bagge on the South Lawn Tuesday, June 27, 2006. President Bush met Sgt. Bagge at Brooke Anny Medical Center January 1, 2006, where he promised to run with Sgt. Bagge. Since then, Sgt. Bagge has reenlisted to active duty. Three women of the Mae La Refugee Camp on the Thai-Burma border wove and gave this shawl to Mrs. Bush when she toured there in 2008. She wore the shawl during her tour. The Women Cancer Survivors and Children of Saudi Arabia gave Mrs. Bush this black shawl embroidered with the pink ribbon representing breast cancer survivors. A framed print (daffodils) from Senator Kennedy to Mrs. Bush. The print is of a painting done by Ted Kennedy and was to be given to Mrs. Bush when she was scheduled to speak before the Education Committee in Congress on September 11, 2001. The bullhorn used when President Bush made his first visit to Ground Zero on September 14, 2001 and spoke the words, “I can hear you. I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.” The baseball President Bush used to throw out the first pitch of Game 3 of the World Series in New York City following 9/11. The speech cards used by First Lady Laura Bush to deliver a radio address regarding the treatment of women in Afghanistan, on November 17, 2001, Crawford, Texas. Mrs. Bush is the first First Lady to deliver an entire Presidential Radio Address. A pair of woven sashes for President and Mrs. Bush with “Akwabaa” which means “Welcome.” They were presented by Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia. The grey jacket worn by President Bush to serve turkey dinner during his secret trip to Baghdad on Thanksgiving 2003.

 

Click here to hear President and Mrs. Bush reflect on some of the treasures on exhibit.

Click here to see a video of the Director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library, Alan Lowe, discuss “The Making of Presidential Library.”


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