More on Presidential Marriages

Did you know? First Lady Laura Bush and President George Bush met at a backyard barbecue at the home of mutual friends and got married three months later? For a first date, they played miniature golf and they married in the same church that Mrs. Bush was baptized in as a baby. Their wedding was a small affair with only 75 guests, no attendants and their wedding invitations were printed by hand. Did you know? Harry S. “Give ’em Hell” Truman became president upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12, 1945. President Truman saw a turbulent eight … Continue reading

President Bush’s Advice: Read Blogs for War News

After a recent speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, President Bush was asked a very interesting question by a woman in the audience. Her husband, a military broadcast journalist, had come back from the war with positive footage of the rebuilding of Iraq but they were concerned with how the major media stations in the US were only reporting on the negative aspects of the war. She asked the President how people could get the words out about the positive occurrences in the Middle East. His answer was simple—the Internet and blogs. My husband has been deployed to the Middle East … Continue reading