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Finding the Fifties in midland
You don't need to wind the clock back that far to enjoy Texas' past.
Bush Home Celebrates 5th Anniversary
Whether a presidential aficionado who flew from Paris, France, just to see the home or a fifth-grader getting his first look at 1950s decor, the executive director of the George W. Bush Childhood Home said every visitor is unique.
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Laura Bush Book Signing
Meet-and-greet book signing with Laura Bush worth the wait
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Those waiting to have their copy of Former First Lady Laura Bush's book "Spoken From the Heart" signed wait in line on Ohio St. Wednesday. photo by Gary Rhodes
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Karl Rove to speak at Benefit Luncheon
The man known as the architect behind former President George W. Bush's campaigns will speak April 5 at a fundraiser for the childhood home of his former boss.
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George W. Bush archive pictures
The following pictures come from the Midland Reporter Telegram archives, posted on Facebook
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Literacy Program to start
George W. Bush Childhood home to start literacy program in honor of Laura Bush
_w_bush_laura_bush.txt#ixzz0cb6v2KooKaren Hughes to speak at fundraising event
Political strategist, former Bush counselor to speak at Bush Childhood Home fundraiser
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Second Historical Marker Dedicated
Members of the Midland County Republican Women helped to unveil the second historical marker dedicated by the state's historical commission Wednesday outside of the George W. Bush Childhood Home.
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George Bush Homecoming Rally
Enthusiastic crowd gathers to welcome Bush back
President George W. Bush to Return to Midland On January 20th
People hoping to attend will need to obtain tickets, Perry said. Details about the process will be made available within the coming weeks, officials said.
By Courtney Bacalso
Staff Writer
Published: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 8:38 PM CST
Bush Childhood Home seeks items from ‘50s
The fact that the President and the First Lady of the United States hail from Midland is neither new news, nor big news. What Members of George W. Bush Childhood Home, Inc. are doing with the fact, on the other hand, is monumental.
House on Ohio Street started Bush on road to presidency
The road to greatness started in a little house on Ohio Street in Midland, Texas. A Cub Scout, Little Leaguer, Sam Houston Elementary Student in the 1950’s grew to become the leader of the free world. And he traces his values back to the house on Ohio Street in Midland, Texas. Grand plans are underway for restoring the childhood home of President George W. Bush to its fifties’ splendor when the Bush family lived there. Built in 1939, the 1,492-square-foot pier-and-beam home to former President George H. W. Bush and beloved First Lady Barbara Bush and now-Governor Jeb Bush of Florida.
Bush home project budgeted at $7 million
The overall budget for the restoration, development and perpetual operation of the 1950s George W. Bush Childhood Home: A Presidential Site in Midland has been fixed at $7 million, according to Bill Scott, president of the project’s board of directors.
George W. Bush Childhood Home looks to expand to ‘A Presidential Site’
The once modest but ambitious George W. Bush Childhood Home restoration project is being expanded into its adjoining Midland neighborhood as “A Presidential Site” in honor of the nation’s 43rd president.
Bush home restoration takes monumental step
A monumental step toward completing the restoration of George W. Bush’s childhood home was announced by State Sen. Teel Bivins on Wednesday. The Texas Historical Commission awarded Midland a Texas Preservation Trust Fund Grant in the amount of $4,000.
Midland honors President Bush with restoration
There are those who scoffed when the idea was first kicked around that Midland ought to work toward preserving, embracing and promoting its ties to the Bush family.
National Trust grants $2,500 to Bush Childhood Home
The 1949-founded National Trust for Historic Preservation has granted $2,500 to the George W. Bush Childhood Home Inc. in Midland for consulting fees toward restoration of the Bush family home at 1412 W. Ohio Ave.
Bush childhood home project moving along one step at a time
Work on the George W. Bush Childhood Home in Midland is “moving forward,” according to Bill Scott, president of George W. Bush Childhood Home, Inc. The non-profit is now steeped in research and on the threshold of fundraising campaigns. “It’s just one step at a time. It’s a slow process, …slow and methodical,” he said.
Group Plans to Renovate, Open Bush Home
Midland-Plans to restore the childhood home of President George W. Bush are now taking shape. A group of realtors is raising money to renovate the Midland home at 1412 W. Ohio St., where George W. Bush and his family lived for several years in the 1950’s.
George W. Bush Childhood Home Ind. Adopts ownership of 1950s ear Bush house
‘Midland can be proud of what the Board of Realtors is doing.” – Jenna Welch, Laura Bush’s mother
Bush restoration to reflect 1950s family life
The prospects of the George W. Bush Childhood Home becoming a national Midland monument that would be restore precisely to its 1950s Bush years is making progress under sponsorship of the Permian Basin Board of Realtors. The concept has gained its non-profit corporation status through the Texas Secretary of State and is awaiting its tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service, said Bill Scott, a Midland Realtor who is president of the George W. Bush Childhood Home, Inc.
Bush boyhood home: local monument to two presidents
The George W. Bush 1950s boyhood Homeplace in Midland is destined to enter the public domain, to be restored, and deemed the “presidential home” of two future United States presidents – George H.W. Bush and his son.
Local efforts move forward on obtaining historic Bush home
Earlier Monday, an Arizona couple visiting friends in Odessa drove to Midland to view the former Bush houses. The couple, Roger and Thelma Thomson, noted they had viewed the Bush Ohio Avenue house on television.
Karl Rove to speak at Benefit Luncheon
The man known as the architect behind former President George W. Bush's campaigns will speak April 5 at a fundraiser for the childhood home of his former boss.
Read more: http://www.mywesttexas.com/articles/2010/03/26/news/top_stories/karl_rove_bush_childhood_home.txt#ixzz0jHhtK1Ou
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