Five for Friday
A Weekly Digest from the Bush Center
September 10, 2021
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President and Mrs. Bush to Visit the Flight 93 National Memorial
President and Mrs. Bush will visit the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, September 11. President Bush will deliver remarks during the observance ceremony, available on the Flight 93 National Memorial Facebook page beginning at 8:45 a.m. Central Time.
Watch the observance ceremony
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In Focus
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President Bush to Speak at Engage at the Bush Center: ‘Remembering 9/11’
Tomorrow, President Bush will deliver remarks at 6 p.m. CT before the screening of the Apple TV+ documentary, 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room. The Engage at the Bush Center, presented by Highland Capital Management event is sold out, but his comments will be livestreamed on the Bush Center website. The documentary is free to watch on 9/11 on Apple TV+. Watch the remarks
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Secretary Don Evans Recalls 9/11 on The Strategerist
On the latest episode of The Strategerist, Don Evans, Chairman of the Bush Foundation and former Secretary of Commerce, recounts how the U.S. government mobilized to ensure continuity immediately after the 9/11 attacks – and how he served as the “designated survivor” in the days that followed. Listen to the episode
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Service is Not Put Away With the Uniform
In an op-ed in the San Antonio Express-News, Colonel Matt Amidon, Director of the Bush Institute Military Service Initiative, writes how post-9/11 veterans can continue their oath of service in their own communities. Read the op-ed
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2013: Bob Beckwith Visits the Bush Center
After watching the World Trade Center’s collapse on TV, Bob Beckwith – who had retired from the New York Fire Department seven years before – pulled out his old gear and joined the search efforts. Three days later, he stood next to President Bush at Ground Zero while the president delivered impromptu remarks. Mr. Beckwith became one of the first visitors to the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in 2013. View photos from Bob Beckwith’s visit to the Bush Center
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