Hawkins
couple
attends
George
Bush
rededication
ceremony
On
Friday
November
9th ,
Bob &
Gipsy
Schneider
were
invited
guests
to the
reception
and
unveiling
of the
portrait
of Mrs.
Barbara
Bush
hosted
by the
President
and Mrs.
George
bush at
the
Presidential
Library
in
College
Station.
The
private
museum
tour
that
followed,
illuminated
the many
changes
that the
8
million
dollar
renovation
of the
George
Bush
Presidential
Library
has
undergone
the past
8
months.
On
Saturday
morning
the
George
Bush
School
of
Government
and
Public
Service
held an
open
house in
the
Allen
Building
at the
Library
Center.
The
graduate
students
enrolled
in this
prestigious
school,
served
as hosts
answering
questions
from
international
affairs
to local
issues.
Immediately
after
the Open
House,
all
guests
were
seated
just
outside
the
Presidential
Library
entrance
to have
an
excellent
view of
the
Army’s
Golden
Knights
Parachute
team as
they
glided
down to
earth.
As a
surprise
to all
including
the Bush
families
of Jeb,
Neil &
Dora,
everyone
watched
as the
last
parachutist
turned
out to
be the
41st
President
of the
United
States.
Music
was
provided
by the
Texas
A&M all
male
chorus
and the
Texas
Aggie
Band.
Following
a true
Texas
luncheon
of
barbeque,
guests
were
able to
mix and
mingle
with
many
former
White
House
staff,
Bush
family,
friends,
and many
supporters
of the
George
Bush
Presidential
Library
Center.
Bob was
glad to
see old
White
House
staffers
&
especially
Col.
Danny
Barr
(ret.)
who was
President
Reagan
and
Bush’s
Air
Force
One
pilot.
They had
met
before
at
Andrews
AFB when
Bob flew
his TBM
Avenger
Torpedo
Bomber
to a
Bush Air
group 51
reunion
13 years
ago and
Barr
gave Bob
a
special
tour of
Air
Force
One.
Schneider
said it
made him
feel
good
while
talking
to the
former
President
when he
said:
“You
know
Bob, I
think
your TBM
Avenger
is still
the
focal
point of
the
exhibits
and for
sure the
largest
display”.
Schneider
said it
doesn’t
matter
what
political
party
you
favor,
this
Presidential
Library
is
America’s
Library
and is
so very
family
friendly
to
everyone
no
matter
you
are. It
has
almost
100
interaction
displays
where
you can
even try
to solve
issues
that the
President
had to
contend
with
during
his
Presidency.
The new
Oval
Office &
Situation
Room
display
are the
exact
copy of
the ones
at the
White
House
even
today.
Bush’s
actual
desk and
chair
are
there to
see and
if
you’re
lucky,
can sit
in.
When
asked to
sit at
the desk
and upon
sitting
in
Bush’s
actual
chair,
Schneider
said;
“Even
though
this
display
is a
copy of
the real
thing,
you
really
feel the
power
that
goes
with the
person
who sits
at this
desk
every
day
representing
the
strongest
and most
influential
nation
in the
world”.
