GEORGE W. BUSH
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY & MUSEUM
26 September
2013
We
went with Watermere to the Bush Library & Museum in Dallas. Fifty of us
left the clubhouse about 11:00 a.m. on a chartered bus. We arrived at a
“Luby’s” on Mockingbird Lane and ate lunch there. We left “Luby’s” and were at
the museum in plenty of time for our 1:30p.m. reservation.
After passing
through a Security screening, each of us received a map of the museum and a
round sticker with “43” on it.
We first watched the video display on the
cornice of the “Freedom Hall.” Each of the four sides displays different videos
in a presentation lasting some 8 to 10 minutes.
Then we toured the various
galleries filled with audio and video presentations; many are interactive.
There are also personal items,
a copy of the oval office where you can sit at the desk and have your photo made
and even steel beams from the "Nine Eleven Tragedy."
We
also enjoyed seeing the selections of gifts which were displayed in wall cases around
the Admissions Desk.
One odd thing for many is that there is no readmission to
the Museum itself, including restrooms, from the Museum Store without going
back through the Security screening.
After meeting at 3:15, we returned to
Watermere about 4:30.
