Im the president of the historical association. It is my privilege to welcome you to Decatur House as well as the White House Historical association. Tonights program is exciting and we are honored to partner with our good friends at the Richard Nixon foundation. I would like to welcome dr. Jim esther, inhis wife, the front row. [applause] hewitt the president of the Nixon Foundation who you will hear from in a few moments. We have many distinguished guests, many former officials from the nixon and other friends,ations, staff, and we are honored to have you here. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Patricia Nixon becoming the first lady of the united states. Under her leadership, the white as collection added over 600 paintings and furnishing elements to the white house collection. That is the most of any presidency. The significance of this will be discussed in tonights program but it is important to us here at the White House Historical association as a core part of our mission.
I would like to welcome dr. Jim cavanaugh, his wife esther in the front row [applause] and hugh hewitt, the president of the next and foundation, who you the Richard Nixon foundation. We have many distinguished guests from the nixon and other administrations and we are honored to have you here tonight. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Patricia Nixon becoming the first lady of the united states. Under her leadership the white house collection added over 600 paintings and furnishing elements to the white house collection, which is the most of any presidency. The significance of this will be discussed in tonights program, but its very important to us here at the white house of our mission which was inspired as most of you or all of you know by first Lady Jacqueline kennedy to be the private nonpartisan private partner to the white house for conservation, preservation, restoration of those beautiful staterooms in the white house, for the acquisition of items for the Permanent Collec
Legacy of his grandparents a george h. W. Bush and barbara bush. Thank you. Welcome. I feel like i probably do not need to introduce my fellow panelists here, because everyone knows who they are, but on my left we have george p. Bush. Speaking on behalf of the bush brand. [applause] susan page is the washington andau chief for usa today author of the bestselling biography of barbara bush called the matriarch. She will be signing copies of it after this. [applause] beschloss, one of our most wellknown president ial historians who has written so many things, so many books, i will be asking you about some of the stuff that i found in my worn copy of character of all. Something i want to ask all of lost given that we have barbara bush and george h. W. Bush so close together, what kind of reassessment do you think this has brought for the country as to what the bush name and what the significance really was of all of the work that they did in so many arenas of Public Service . Looking back
But on my left we have texas land commissioner george p. Bush who is here speaking on behalf of the bush brand. [applause] susan page is the Washington Bureau chief for usa today and author of the recent and currently, i guess, still bestselling biography of barbara bush called the matriarch. And michael beschloss, one of the wonderful president ial authors who has written so many things, so many books. I will be asking you about some of the stuff i found in my old wellworn copy of character above all. The first thing id like to ask all of you, we lost barbara bush and george bush just so close together, what kind of reassessment do you think this has brought for the country as to, you know, what the bush name stood for and, you know, what the significance really was of all the work that they did in so many arenas of Public Service . Mr. Bush well, looking back on now. It was world war ii generation. It wasnt about them as individuals. It was the turning of the page of our countrys his
Historian and others at the Texas Tribune festival in austin. [applause] thank you. Welcome. And i feel like i probably dont need to introduce my fellow panelists here, because Everybody Knows who they are. But on my left we have texas land commissioner george p. Bush who is here speaking on behalf of the bush brand. [applause] susan page is the Washington Bureau chief for usa today and author of the recent and currently, i guess, still bestselling biography of barbara bush called the matriarch. And michael beschloss, one of the wonderful president ial authors who has written so many things, so many books. I will be asking you about some of the stuff i found in my old wellworn copy of character and michael beschloss, one of the wonderful president ial authors who has written so many things, so many books. I will be asking you about some of the stuff i found in my old wellworn copy of character above all. The first thing id like to ask all of you, we lost barbara bush and george bush ju