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A Pre-Dedication Ceremony.
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Former First Lady Nancy Reagan delivers a speech reminiscing about her husband Ronald Reagan’s close
friendship with George Bush.
Library festivities open to public
C ommunity Day begins today at 9:30
a.m. at the George Bush Presidential
Library and Museum with a ceremony
featuring former President George Bush and
his wife, Barbara, and other dignitaries.
The events are free and open to the public
until 7 p.m.
School children, including international chil
dren from Bryan-College Station elementary
schools, will join Bush at opening the ceremony.
Following the ceremony, the library and
museum will be open to the public for tours.
Festivities will include musical entertain
ment, special readings and booth exhibits.
Texas A&M football Coach R.C. Slocum and
A&M men’s basketball Coach Tony Barone will
participate in readings for children.
Aggies over Texas will provide skydiving
exhibitions throughout the day.
The public can participate in sports, such as
golf, baseball, tennis and horseshoes.
Parking, food and beverages will be available.
Community
Day Events
* OPENINQ CEREMONY.
A PUBLIC TOURS.
A MUSICAL SHOWS.
A BOOTH EXHIBITS.
A SPECIAL READINQS.
* VARIOUS SPORTS.
Former British
Prime Minister
John Major
converses with
former Chairman
of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff
Colin Powell.
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President Bill Clinton thanks Former President George Bush for his
Additional dedications add to day's activities
Dedications
a Barbara Bush Parent Center
Where: 1200 George Bush Drive
When: 8 a.m.
a ‘Barbara’s Byway’
Where: FM 2818
When: 10:30 a.m.
F ormer First Lady Barbara Bush will have
her hands full today with events for
Community Day at the George Bush
Presidential Library and Museum.
At 8 a.m., Bush will participate in the dedi
cation of the College Station I.S.D. Barbara
Bush Parent Center at 1200 George Bush Drive.
At the dedication, a special painting by
Bryan-College Station artist Michael Hodnett
will be unveiled.
The center will provide assistance for par
ents of school children and promote family
values and literacy.
At 10:30 a.m., Bush will plant the first crepe
myrtle tree to initiate the Presidential Corridor
beautification project called “Barbara’s Byway.”
The project is in conjunction with Brazos
Beautiful and focuses on landscaping FM 2818
from George Bush Drive to Easterwood
Airport, ending at Villa Maria Road in Bryan.
Three 30-gallon Natchez White crepe myr
tles will be planted today to begin the $340,000
project. Texas A&M will donate $70,000 to the
project, and the City of College Station will
donate an additional $50,000.
Crepe myrtles were chosen because Bryan-
College Station is the official crepe myrtle capi-
tol of Texas.
First Lady Hillary
Clinton appears
together with former
first ladies Lady Bird
Johnson, Barbara
Bush, Betty Ford,
Nancy Reagan and
Rosalyn Carter.
Presidenii
address
efforts, s
P utting party alliances aside, Preside*ai|
Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary,d
showed poise and enthusiasm as theJ
dedication of the George Bush Presidential(j|
Library and Museum unfolded.
Clinton outlined policies former Presidenfli
George Bush began during his administra^
tion, which Clinton plans to continue. In
Clinton said he is faced with a problem simi- ■
lar to what Bush faced during his presidency. M
“The vigilance President Bush displayed
in dealing with Iraq, as we all know, is relj,
quired again today,” Clinton said. “And I bei
lieve the American people support that vigi-s
lance, thanks in no small measure to [Bush’s]
example not so long ago.” 3
Saddam Hussein prompted United States,
concern when he did not allow American i!
weapons inspectors from the United Nan
tions’ teams to enter Iraq.
Clinton addressed Bush’s success iit.
launching NAFTA and talks that produced |
the World Trade Organization.
Clinton said he was proud to complete the
efforts of Bush and thankful for support from I
the former president. i
“I am grateful for the support [Bush] con-3
tinues to give, along with our other formed I
Presidents, to the imperative of American I
leadership in expanding alliances of tradeffj
Clinton said, “not only for our economic wel| r
fare, but to support our political ideals.” -i|
Clinton said the House of Representatives
will vote today on whether to extend fasjpr
track authority to negotiate trade agree
ments. ||L
“I hope Congress will follow the lead th«I
President Bush and other former presideninj
have set to expand trade and our vital horizoi|ij
in the 21st century,” he said.