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May 17, 2024

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"Even in the darkest depths of horror, there is life, there is hope, and there is love"

This week, we welcomed Heather Morris, the author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, to the Laura Bush Book Club event at Engage at the Bush Center, presented by NexPoint and supported by H-E-B. Now also a television series on Peacock, The Tattooist of Auschwitz describes how Lale and Gita found love even as they fought to survive one of humankind's darkest periods.

Mrs. Bush began the program by sharing her own childhood memories of her father, who served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was among the liberators of the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp.

Read Mrs. Bush's remarks and watch the video

Watch full event video of Heather Morris discussing The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Read the five takeaways from the Laura Bush Book Club

To learn from history’s atrocities, students must first learn to read about them

Article by Anne Wicks, the Don Evans Family Managing Director of Opportunity and Democracy at the Bush Institute

Learn how reading stories like Lale’s helps equip our students to participate in democracy

Now is the time to be citizens, not spectators

Op-ed in the Dallas Morning News by Ken Hersh, President and CEO of the Bush Center

Read how all Americans can "act big in small ways" to help strengthen our democracy

Upcoming webinar - Why U.S. Leadership Still Matters

Learn the importance of U.S. leadership in Africa, Latin America, and Europe. This virtual Engage at the Bush Center event presented by NexPoint will feature authors from the Spring 2024 edition of The Catalyst: A Journal of Ideas from the Bush Institute

Lessons from our nation's third president

New episode of The Strategerist podcast with Kurt Smith, who portrays President Thomas Jefferson as a nation builder at Colonial Williamsburg, and featuring Dallas-area high school students

Hear what today's United States can learn from one of our Founding Fathers

In Case You Missed It

Further News, Analysis, and more from the Bush Center

Measuring opportunity across America: A good idea, but it's all about the details
Article by Cullum Clark, Director, Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative

The Struggle for Freedom: The Thai academic exiled for criticizing the monarchy
Essay by Bush Institute Fellow Ellen Bork

UPCOMING AT THE BUSH CENTER

Don't miss these special Events

May 20, 2024 | 11:30 a.m. CT
Why U.S. Leadership Still Matters webinar

Tuesdays | 10 a.m. CT
Storytime at the Bush Museum

Saturdays | 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m.
Sundays | 1 p.m. & 2:30 p.m.
Mondays | 10 a.m., 11 a.m.
Situation Room Tours at the Bush Museum

Saturdays | 10 a.m. - weather permitting
Laura W. Bush Native Texas Park Tours by Master Naturalists

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About the George W. Bush Presidential Center

Located on the SMU campus in Dallas, Texas, the George W. Bush Presidential Center is a nonpartisan institution advancing the timeless values of freedom, opportunity, accountability, and compassion. The Bush Center comprises the George W. Bush Presidential Museum and the George W. Bush Institute, a solution-oriented policy organization focused on ensuring opportunity for all, strengthening democracy, and advancing free societies through policy solutions and public engagement. The Bush Center also houses the George W. Bush Presidential Library, operated by the National Archives and Records Administration, which provides access to official documents and artifacts from the George W. Bush Administration.

George W. Bush Presidential Center
2943 SMU Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75205