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September 2006
Mrs. Laura Bush delivers opening remarks Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, during the White House Conference on Global Literacy, held at the New York Public Library. The program underscores the need for sustained global and country level leadership in promoting literacy.
Mrs. Laura Bush delivers opening remarks Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, during the White House Conference on Global Literacy, held at the New York Public Library. The program underscores the need for sustained global and country level leadership in promoting literacy.
Shadows from New York City First Responders are cast upon a door of Ladder 18, one of the fire trucks destroyed in the September 11th terrorist attacks, during a moment of silence at the Fort Pitt Firehouse in New York City Monday, September 11, 2006. President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush listen as vocalist Anita Baker sings "My Funny Valentine" Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006, during an evening of festivities surrounding the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz dinner at the White House.
Jazz vocalist Lisa Henry and saxophonist Bobby Watson perform their version of "Kansas City" during the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz dinner Thursday night, Sept. 14, 2006, in the East Room of the White House. Mrs. Laura Bush welcomes guests to the East Room for entertainment Thursday night, Sept. 14, 2006, during the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz dinner at the White House.
Mrs. Laura Bush talks with Mrs. Kwon Yang-Sook, wife of the President of South Korea, Thursday, September 14, 2006, during a coffee hosted by Mrs. Bush at the White House. President George W. Bush and Laura Bush stand with New York City First Responders at the Fort Pitt Firehouse for a moment of silence Monday, September 11, 2006, in New York City to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. Also pictured is a door from Ladder 18, which was destroyed in the collapse of the World Trade Center.
After placing a memorial wreath at the Pentagon, the President and Laura Bush greet audience members Monday, Sept. 11, 2006, during ceremonies marking the fifth anniversary of the September 11th attacks. President George W. Bush and Laura Bush sign a guest book at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Monday, September 11, 2006, before participating in a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the September 11th attacks.
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush stand in silence after placing a wreath to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the September 11th attacks Monday, Sept. 11, 2006, in Shanksvillle, Pa., where United flight 93 crashed after the passengers fought against the terrorist hijackers. President George W. Bush and Laura Bush, accompanied by Sgt. Timothy Boyd of the Military District of Washington, stand before a memorial wreath Monday, Sept. 11, 2006, during a moment of silence at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Mrs. Laura Bush speaks to panelists, including Hseng Noung, a Burmese activist and founding member of the Shan Women, Action Network, during a roundtable discussion about the humanitarian crisis facing Burma at the United Nations in New York City Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006. Mrs. Laura Bush delivers opening remarks Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, during the White House Conference on Global Literacy. The program was held at the New York Public Library.
Mrs. Laura Bush is greeted on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Sept. 18, 2006. Mrs. Bush visited the exchange with a delegation of entrepreneurs from around the world to participate in the close of trading and to ring the Closing Bell. Mrs. Laura Bush is applauded as she stands over the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, where she visited to highlight literacy's role in extending the benefits of free enterprise to individuals around the world.
Mrs. Laura Bush delivers opening remarks Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, during the White House Conference on Global Literacy, held at the New York Public Library. The program underscores the need for sustained global and country level leadership in promoting literacy.

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