City of Houston kicks off President George H.W. Bush’s 100th Birthday week celebration

President George HW Bush sits behind his desk in the White House's Oval Office in 1990. (Howard L. Sachs, Photo by Howard L. Sachs/CNP/Getty Images)

HOUSTON – The city of Houston kicked off the President George H. W. Bush’s 100th birthday week celebration at the Bush Monument in downtown Houston.

The program featured Houston Mayor John Whitmire, the Bush family, Jim “Mattress Mac” McIngvale, emcee Linda Lorelle, Houston First CEO Michael Heckman, and a tribute from the Houston Police Department.

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The event started at 10 a.m. and a pre-event performance by the Bushes’ favorite local music organization, the Theater Under the Stars Musical Theatre Academy Ensemble began at 9:50 a.m.

The event was sponsored by the George & Barbara Bush Foundation and the Houston First Corporation.

George H. W. Bush actual birthday is June 12. He died at the age of 94 on Nov. 30, 2018.


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