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December 2005
As Laura Bush looks on, President George W. Bush hugs Candy Pierson of Auburndale, Fla., after her son, Marine Cpl Jordan S. Pierson, was presented the Purple Heart for injuries suffered while serving in Iraq. The ceremony took place Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Also in the room are Cpl. Pierson's fiancée, Kirstin Martin, right, and cousin Tiffany Pierson.
As Laura Bush looks on, President George W. Bush hugs Candy Pierson of Auburndale, Fla., after her son, Marine Cpl Jordan S. Pierson, was presented the Purple Heart for injuries suffered while serving in Iraq. The ceremony took place Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Also in the room are Cpl. Pierson's fiancée, Kirstin Martin, right, and cousin Tiffany Pierson.
Laura Bush poses for a photo as she visits with children at the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Gulfport, Miss., Monday, Dec. 12, 2005, where she showed them a White House holiday video featuring the Bush's dogs "Barney and Miss Beazley." Laura Bush writes a note on a child's letter to his parent who is serving overseas, as she visits with children at the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Gulfport, Miss., Monday, Dec. 12, 2005, showing them a White House holiday video featuring the Bush's dogs "Barney and Miss Beazley."
Laura Bush talks with a group of children as she visits the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Gulfport, Miss., Monday, Dec. 12, 2005, where she showed them White House holiday video featuring the Bush's dogs "Barney and Miss Beazley." Laura Bush visits with children at the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Gulfport, Miss., Monday, Dec. 12, 2005, showing them a White House holiday video featuring the Bush's dogs "Barney and Miss Beazley."
Students and their mentors from Everybody Wins! DC, a community-based mentoring program, joined Mrs. Laura Bush and her mother, Mrs. Jenna Welch, to watch C.S.Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe in the White House Theater. The students are from Robert Brent Elementary Schoool and the John Tyler Elementary School in Washington, D.C. Also in attendance were Mr. Douglas Gresham, stepson of C.S. Lewis; Ms. Mary Salander, executive director, Everybody Wins! DC; Ms. Pat Schroeder, president, American Publishing Association and Mr. Michael Flaherty, co-founder and president, Walden Media. Mrs. Laura Bush and students at Cardozo Senior High School pose for pictures Monday, Dec. 19, 2005, in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Bush was on hand to join the Youth Services Opportunities Project in assembling sandwiches for Martha's Table's mobile soup kitchen.
Mrs. Laura Bush helps carry a large stuffed animal to a toy distribution vehicle, Monday, Dec. 19, 2005, at the "Toys for Tots" collection center at the Naval District Washington Anacostia Annex in Washington, D.C., where she joined President George W. Bush in thanking the U.S. Marines for their charitable efforts. With Mrs. Laura Bush looking on, President George W. Bush addresses military medical caregivers Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, before visiting with the wounded at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. The President told the caregivers, "... On behalf of a grateful nation, thanks for doing your duty, thanks for serving, thanks for being an important part of this march for freedom; and thanks, most of all, for bringing comfort and aid and solace to those who have been hurt on the battlefield and their families."
As Laura Bush looks on, President George W. Bush hugs Candy Pierson of Auburndale, Fla., after her son, Marine Cpl Jordan S. Pierson, was presented the Purple Heart for injuries suffered while serving in Iraq. The ceremony took place Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Also in the room are Cpl. Pierson's fiancée, Kirstin Martin, right, and cousin Tiffany Pierson. President George W. Bush shakes the hand of Marine Cpl. Andrew L. Tinsley of Annapolis, Md., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, after Cpl Tinsley was presented the Purple Heart during a visit by the President and Laura Bush to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.

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