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July 2007
More than 2,000 guests, including Mrs. Laura Bush and former first family members going back to the Kennedy administration, attend the funeral service for former first lady Lady Bird Johnson Saturday, July 14, 2007, at the Riverbend Center in Austin, Texas.
More than 2,000 guests, including Mrs. Laura Bush and former first family members going back to the Kennedy administration, attend the funeral service for former first lady Lady Bird Johnson Saturday, July 14, 2007, at the Riverbend Center in Austin, Texas.
More than 2,000 guests, including Mrs. Laura Bush and former first family members going back to the Kennedy administration, attend the funeral service for former first lady Lady Bird Johnson Saturday, July 14, 2007, at the Riverbend Center in Austin, Texas. Mrs. Laura Bush, first row-center, joins former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn; former President Bill Clinton, and his wife, Hillary Clinton; Mrs. Nancy Reagan; Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, her husband Edwin Schlossberg; Mrs. Barbara Bush; Susan Ford Bales, daughter of former President Gerald R. Ford; and Patricia "Tricia" Nixon Cox and her husband, Edward Cox, upper-right, at the funeral service for former first lady Lady Bird Johnson Saturday, July 14, 2007, at the Riverbend Centre in Austin, Texas.
Luci Baines Johnson, left, and her sister, Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, offer remembrances of their mother, former first lady Lady Bird Johnson, during the funeral service Saturday, July 14, 2007, at the Riverbend Centre in Austin, Texas. Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, pauses at the casket of her mother, former first lady Lady Bird Johnson, following her remarks on the life of her mother Saturday, July 14, 2007, at the Riverbend Centre in Austin, Texas.
The 'Hooke' em horns' sign is given by mourners at the conclusion of the funeral service for former first lady Lady Bird Johnson Saturday, July 14, 2007, at the Riverbend Center in Austin, Texas. Mrs. Laura Bush, joined by U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, reads to children at the Driggs School in Waterbury, Conn., Tuesday, July 24, 2007. Mrs. Bush also announced the 2007 Improving Literacy through School Libraries grants being awarded by the U.S. Department of Education.
Mrs. Laura Bush tours the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Conn., Tuesday, July 24, 2007, joined by U.S. Sec. of Education Margaret Spellings, Lt. Gov. Mike Fedele, and his wife, Carol, along with the executive director of the Mark Twain house, Debra Petke; Save Americas Treasures Director Bobbie Greene McCarthy and Dr. Bruce Cole, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Mrs. Laura Bush speaks at the National Press Club Newsmakers Luncheon Wednesday, July 25, 2007, in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Bush talked about her recent trip to Africa and the President's initiative to fight AIDS, "This is the beginning of a long journey. The challenges of this pandemic remain immense, and there is much to be done. We must focus on HIV prevention, which is essential to winning the fight against AIDS."
Mrs. Laura Bush participates in a question and answer session after addressing the National Press Club Wednesday, July 25, 2007 in Washington D.C. Mrs. Bush, joined by National Press Club President Jerry Zremski, talked about inspiring stories of what people are doing to help those with HIV/AIDS. "But certainly one of the most moving parts is the work that so many groups are doing on ground in Africa," said Mrs. Bush. "(Bruce Wilkinson, Director of the RAPIDS Consortium), have a donor who has given 23,000 bicycles to Zambia, so that the care-givers that we met can literally go door to door in their neighborhoods and find out who needs help."

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