(INDIANAPOLIS) – The U.S. Postal Service is issuing a Forever stamp honoring George Herbert Walker Bush, America’s 41st president, who died on November 30, 2018.
The dedication ceremony for the first day of issue of the stamp will take place at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center, College Station, TX on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at 11 a.m. CDT. The event is free and open to the public. Dedication ceremony attendees are encouraged to RSVP at usps.com/georgehwbush.
News of the stamp is being shared with the hashtags #GHWBushStamp or #USPresidentsStamps
Attending the event will be CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star Pierce Bush, a grandson of President George H.W. Bush, Dedicating Official Hon. Robert M. Duncan, Chairman, Board of Governors, U.S. Postal Service, David B. Jones, President and CEO, George & Barbara Bush Foundation, Warren Finch, Director, George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum,
Ambassador Chase Untermeyer, Founding Chairman, Qatar-America Institute, and Jean Becker, Former Chief of Staff, Office of George H.W. Bush.
George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-2018), served as America’s 41st president from 1989 to 1993. During his term in office, he guided the U.S. and its allies to a peaceful end of the Cold War, helped reunify Germany, and led a multinational coalition that successfully forced Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War.
On the domestic front, President Bush signed historic civil rights legislation to integrate Americans with disabilities more fully into society. His Clean Air Act tightened air pollution standards and dramatically reduced urban smog and acid rain. George Bush also called and inspired millions of Americans to serve their communities with his vision of “a thousand points of light.”
In addition to serving as vice president under President Reagan, Bush held a number of other senior leadership roles including Ambassador to the United Nations, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in China, and Director of Central Intelligence.
George H.W. Bush was the first sitting vice president elected president since Martin van Buren in 1836, and one of only two presidents to have a son who also served as Commander-in-Chief.
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