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Those of us whohave been privilegedto be involved withthe inauguration ofthe 43rd president ofthe United Stateshave sought to bringthe ceremony andfestivities to as manyAmericans as possible and reach out to all through“Celebrating America’s Spirit Together.”

Together we are witnessing the orderly transfer ofpower in the grand and glorious tradition thatbegan on April 30, 1789, when George Washingtonfirst took the solemn oath of office as president.

This inaugural is a time for a renewal of theAmerican spirit and a time to look forward withhope to the promise and challenge of the future.

On behalf of the many people involved in theinauguration of George W. Bush and Richard B.Cheney, we wish to join in the spirit of the newadministration in reaching out to all Americans toreflect their hopes and dreams in forging the eventsfor the new century.

We believe this is anopportunity toshowcase the greatheritage of our nationand to make theevents surroundingthe swearing-in of ournew president andvice president a time

for all Americans to join together and participate inour nation’s grandest and oldest celebration. We arecelebrating the diversity of all our people and ourshared devotion to the American spirit.

On our behalf we wish to thank all, particularly themany volunteers, who tirelessly worked to makethis inauguration a success, and we humbly expressour appreciation for having the honor ofrepresenting the 54th Presidential InauguralCommittee for our new president in this newcentury in true American spirit.

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“Let us, then, fellow-citizens, unite with one heart and one mind.Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affectionwithout which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things.”

First Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson

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“When I put my hand on the Bible, I willswear to not only uphold the laws of ourland, I will swear to uphold the honor and dignity of the office to which I have been elected, so help me God.”

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The proud father with twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna,who were named for their grandmothers.

At Yale (1964-1968), where he playedbaseball and rugby.

Bush family in Midland, Texas, 1956. As a pilot in the Texas AirNational Guard (1968-1973).

by Vic Gold

“In Midland, where I grew up, the town motto was‘the sky is the limit,’ and we believed it. There was arestless energy, a basic conviction that with hardwork anybody can succeed, and everybody deserveda chance.” – George W. Bush, Acceptance Speech,Republican National Convention, August 3, 2000

With Texas deep in his heart, America’s 43rdpresident is an optimistic man of faith and family.

Recall his words the night he took the reins inPhiladelphia and embraced his party’s challenge tolead. He spoke first of family and friends. Of his wife,Laura, the new first lady, and their daughters, Barbaraand Jenna. Of his mother, who graced the WhiteHouse with her presence in the not-too-distant past.And, of course, “my Dad, the most decent man I haveever known, the last president of a great generation.”

And then he spoke of Texas, his early learningground, the root soil of his values and vision. Andof his friend Tom Lea, the El Paso artist who writesof living “on the east side of the mountain . . . thesunrise side, the side to see the day that is coming,not the day that is gone.”


And then of home, of west Texas and Midland, aplace with a sense of community as strong as itssense of promise; where neighbors help when helpis needed; where dry wells and sandstorms keepyou humble; where churches teach that every soulis equal, in value as in need.

“This background leaves more than an accent,” saidGeorge W. Bush the night he accepted his party’snomination. “It leaves an outlook.”

Call it, if you will, the Lone Star vision that markedour new president’s years as governor of the second-largest state in the nation. Years of growth, ofprogress, of reform. Years that saw the man fromMidland lead with a sense of community that broughtTexans – Republicans, Democrats, Independents alike– together as one to improve public schools for Texasyouth, expand opportunity for Texas workers andbusinesses, to raise the quality of life for all.

Growth, progress, reform. And George W. Bush didit, as he does all things, by reaching out to touchthe lives of those he served, spreading his messageof compassionate conservatism across the Lone Starstate, traveling to towns and crossroads that hadnever before seen a governor.

All part, as he wrote in his life story, of a charge to keep.A charge that took him to Austin and will now, with thesame Lone Star vision, take him to Washington.

“We had spirited disagreements, and in the end wefound constructive consensus. It is an experience I willalways carry with me, an example I will always follow.”– George W. Bush, speaking in the chamber of theTexas House of Representatives, December 13, 2000

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“I believe the presidency – thefinal point of decision in the American government – was made for great purposes. It is the office of Lincoln’s conscience andTeddy Roosevelt’s energy and Harry Truman’s integrity and Ronald Reagan’s optimism.”

George W. BushAcceptance Speech, Republican National ConventionAugust 3, 2000

“We will extend the promise of prosperity to everyforgotten corner of this country,” said the Republicannominee for president that August night inPhiladelphia. “To every man and woman, a chance tosucceed. To every child, a chance to learn. And toevery family, a chance to live with dignity and hope.”

The heartland creed, coming to Washington. “A restlessenergy, a conviction that with hard work anybody cansucceed, and everybody deserves a chance.”

January 20, 2001. Welcome to the era of GeorgeW. Bush, our 43rd president: For Americans, in thisfirst decade of the 21st century, the sky’s the limit.

Victor Gold, author of the four official profiles, is national corre-spondent for Washingtonian magazine. He has served on the staffsof two Republican vice presidents and was co-author of formerPresident George Bush’s 1987 autobiography, “Looking Forward.”


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Laura W. Bush

Warm, effervescent, a woman of keen mindand quick wit, a self-reliant daughter of thewest Texas plains who, in the words of onefriend, serves as “an oasis of calm, herhusband’s anchor” when things grow hectic.

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The people who know America’s new first lady best– her family and lifelong friends – know a warm,effervescent woman of keen mind and quick wit, aself-reliant daughter of the west Texas plains who, inthe words of one friend, serves as “an oasis of calm,her husband’s anchor” when things grow hectic.

Laura is a good listener. Friends admire her loyaltyand her commitment to her family. She is anarticulate speaker with a reassuring style. Delegatesat last year’s Republican convention in Philadelphiaheard the then-first lady of Texas speak movinglyof family values, the importance of parents’involvement in their children’s lives, and the crisisin America’s educational system.

“Outside of family, education is the center of herlife,” says a friend from her college years atSouthern Methodist University. “For Laura,teaching kids wasn’t so much a job as a calling.”

It was a calling that first came to young Laura whenshe was a precocious only child growing up inMidland, in the heart of west Texas oil country,during the 1950s. Her father, Harold Welch, whodied in 1995, was a home builder, while her mother,Jenna, kept the books and taught Sunday school.

George W. Bush, the oldest child of George andBarbara Bush, lived only a half-mile away, but thefuture president and first lady did not meet until1977, and then only after mutual friends inMidland pressed the issue. Laura, with a bachelor’sdegree in education from SMU and a master’s inlibrary science from the University of Texas, was apublic school librarian in Austin, while Georgeworked as an oilman in Midland. They were both31 years old at the time and, to all appearances,had widely differing styles and tastes.

But as George W. Bush tells the story in hisautobiography, “A Charge to Keep,” what he sawthat early summer night in 1977 was a young woman


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“gorgeous, good-humored, quick to laugh, down-to-earth and very smart.” For her part, as Lauratold a recent interviewer, she was swept off her feetby a young man with a charismatic personality andgreat sense of humor: “He made me laugh a lot,”she said in an October Good Housekeepinginterview. “He still does.”

Three months later they were married, and in 1981George W. and Laura Bush became the proudparents of twin girls, Jenna and Barbara. Namedafter their grandmothers, the twins left home forcollege last September, Jenna attending theUniversity of Texas, Barbara traveling east to followin the footsteps of her father at Yale.

The next four years will be busy ones for Jenna andBarbara’s mother, if her recent years in Austin areany guide. As first lady of Texas she helped launchthe annual Texas Book Festival, which raised$900,000 for the Lone Star state’s public libraries,and was deeply involved in the efforts to fundeducation programs for pre-school children. Allsigns are that, in Washington as in Austin, LauraBush will stay loyal to her calling.

From former first lady Barbara Bush, she has anidea of what the White House will bring.“Watching her I’ve learned a lot,” says Laura ofBarbara Bush. “She’s always herself, always natural.That’s why people love her.”

Indeed, Americans love a natural. And in LauraBush we have one.

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Richard B. Cheney

“Dick Cheney has served our country as chief ofstaff to a president, served in the United StatesCongress, and as secretary of defense. He is a manof integrity who is respected by Republicans andDemocrats alike … I am proud to call him myfriend, and honored to call him my running mate.”

George W. BushJuly 25, 2000

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Unflappable. It’s the word that emerges timeand again when Dick Cheney’s name comes upamong people he’s worked with – formercolleagues in the Ford White House, on CapitolHill, at the Pentagon. Or old friends fromWyoming, where the 46th vice president cameof age learning the virtues of a hunter’s calmand a fisherman’s patience.

The “boy from Casper,” as Richard Cooper wrotein the Los Angeles Times, grew up with a heartland“passion for hunting and fishing, camping, playingball; in short, he enjoyed life with the inventive butcontented appetite of a Tom Sawyer.”

Tom Sawyer? Maybe that explains the man fromCasper. A man of gravitas with a quick and easy

wit; a conservative who’ll take a road less traveled;a political realist who sees his country and theworld around him not in terms of leaden problemsbut golden opportunities.

And all – unflappably. Cool, collected, with never araised voice or uneven hand. Marlin Fitzwater,then-White House press secretary, tells of DickCheney’s mode under pressure when he served as

secretary of defense during thelong days and nights of the GulfWar crisis.

“It was a case of nine of usmeeting almost every day fromAugust to January,” recallsFitzwater. “Dick was the mosthonest broker of ideas I’d everseen in a Cabinet officer. He hada quick grasp of every situationand could see a course of action,as well as the pressures broughtto bear on that course of action.Not only was he open to ideasbut he’d hear them all out.”

Call it the Honest Broker Way.You listen, weigh each idea putforward, dissect, then decide. Notthat Dick Cheney lacks for ideasof his own. Far from it. All he

As secretary of defense, he directed two of the largest military campaigns in recent history,Operation Just Cause in Panama and Operation Desert Storm.

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lacks, says a longtime friend, is the “towering ego”that shuts out ideas and blurs good judgment. It’s agift, adds this friend, of a man who’s mastered notonly the art of listening but of disagreeing withoutbeing disagreeable. It’s the gift, one of substancemore than style, that earned him the trust andconfidence of three American presidents.

And more. It’s a gift that carries into Dick Cheney’sprivate life, where no decision affecting all –including the decision to re-enter the arena asGeorge W. Bush’s running mate – goes without afree-and-fair exchange with wife, Lynne, and theirtwo daughters, Elizabeth and Mary. For DickCheney, first and foremost, is a family man, rootedin the values of America’s heartland.

A throwback, really, though not – whatever hisTwain-like passion for the great outdoors – to the19th century. Rather, to a world in the not-too-

distant past, where the essence of leadership was tolisten and weigh, not rush to the mini-cams for anevening news sound bite.

One old-timer on the Washington scene – a retiredreporter who covered the White House in the1950s – sees our new vice president as a man out ofhis time. “Ike,” he says, “would have loved DickCheney. Too bad he wasn’t around back then.”

Not so. Ike could have used Dick Cheney, all right.But as America moves into the first decade of the 21stcentury, we, and the president he serves, need theunflappable man from Casper and the gift he brings.

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Lynne V. Cheney

Fastidious in her work, tireless in herpursuit of excellence – and more. Add tothose virtues of the workplace a savingwit; the all-too-rare ability to keep evenstrongly felt convictions in perspective; tofind humor, even at one’s own expense,in the heat of political discourse.


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Asked on the campaigntrail how she feelsabout being “the centerof attention,” LynneCheney shakes herhead, laughs, andreminds a reporter, “Iwas a baton twirler!”

Indeed she was. Thebright, vivacious baton twirler for Natrona CountyHigh School in Casper, Wyoming. But more: notonly a baton twirler, she was also front-and-centeras Natrona High’s homecoming queen, dating theco-captain of the football team, Dick Cheney, a BigMan On Campus who also happened to bepresident of the senior class.

Dick Cheney and Lynne Vincent. From highschool prom dates in the heartland of America tovice president and second lady in the nation’scapital. Quite a story – an All-American story fitfor prime-time screening.

But wait. There’s one small problem. What will thewriter assigned to the screenplay do when he getsto the part where the vivacious baton twirler growsup to earn her Ph.D. in 19th century Britishliterature? Writing her doctoral thesis, no less, onthe influence of Immanuel Kant’s philosophy onthe poetry of Matthew Arnold.

Then there’s the part, a few pages later, where ouryoung heroine becomes not simply the wife ofCongressman, then Secretary of Defense, then VicePresident Dick Cheney, but a writer and speaker inher own right. A leader, in fact, in the field ofeducation reform, as well as the author of articleson multiculturalism and phonics. Even a book,“Telling the Truth,” on the impact ofdeconstructionism on Western values.

“Lynne is a writer withclear vision and strongconvictions,” says JackLimpert, her editor atWashingtonian until shewent on to chair theNational Endowmentfor the Humanities in1986. “Hardworkingand focused,” adds

Limpert. “You always knew she could back upanything she’d written, that she’d done whatever ittook to get it right.”

Fastidious in her work, tireless in her pursuit ofexcellence – and more. Add to those virtues of theworkplace a saving wit; the all-too-rare ability tokeep even strongly felt convictions in perspective;to find humor, even at one’s own expense, in theheat of political discourse.

The baton twirler and the BMOC. NatronaCounty’s pride. They’ll celebrate their 37thanniversary this year. Two daughters, Elizabeth andMary. Three granddaughters, Kate, Elizabeth andGrace. And blessings to spare.

To repeat, it’s quite a story. Title it America’sSecond Family.

With daughters, Mary and Elizabeth.

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8:00 p.m.TEXAS BLACK TIE AND BOOTS

Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

Saturday, January 20

PRIVATE CHURCH SERVICE

St. John’s Church

11:35 a.m.SWEARING-IN CEREMONY

U.S. Capitol

1:00 p.m.LUNCHEON

Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol

2:15 p.m.INAUGURAL PARADE

7:00 p.m.INAUGURAL BALLS

Ronald Reagan Building

Union Station

D.C. Armory

JANUARY 18-21, 2001

Thursday, January 18

4:30 p.m.INAUGURAL OPENING CELEBRATION

Lincoln Memorial

Friday, January 19

10:00 a.m.LAURA BUSH CELEBRATES

AMERICA’S AUTHORS

DAR Constitution Hall

2:00 p.m.THE VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT

SALUTES AMERICA’S VETERANS

Washington Convention Center Hall C

4:00 p.m.CONCERT CELEBRATING AMERICA’S YOUTH

MCI Center

5:30 p.m.WYOMING STATE SOCIETY EVENT

Chamber of Commerce Building Hall of Flags

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INAUGURAL BALLS (CONTINUED)

Washington Convention Center (Ohio)

Washington Convention Center (Texas and Wyoming)

National Building Museum (PensionBuilding)

Washington Hilton

Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

Sunday, January 21

8:30 a.m.NATIONAL PRAYER SERVICE

Washington National Cathedral

WHITE HOUSE OPEN HOUSE

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of authority, and, of course,Jefferson summed up thepresidency most memorably– “a splendid misery.”

Yet every presidency beginsin a spirit of rebirth andrenewal – a unity that marksa coming together and arecommitment to theprinciples long establishedby our forefathers. The

inauguration is an exaltation of the basic tenets ofour republic to enlighten the people and elevate thenation through leadership. It is a symbol of thepower and the burden that is the heritage andchallenge of the American presidency.

It is a time of joy, majesty, solemnity and comingtogether. The inauguration of a new president isthe exemplary event that unifies people of politicaldifferences and at once recognizes a new beginningwithout interruption. Every four years the peopleof our nation join together to witness thepageantry, to renew our faith in the republic and toparticipate in the transfer of power.

Facing a divided nation, Lincoln best summed upthe orderly transfer of power on the eve of hisinauguration in 1861: “Almost all men in thiscountry and in any country where freedom ofthought is tolerated, citizens attach themselves topolitical parties. It is but ordinary charity toattribute the fact that in so attaching himself to theparty which his judgment prefers, the citizen

The office that was created withgreat forethought in 1789 bythe founders of a new nationand configured by thinkers ofvision has evolved over twocenturies into the mostprestigious and respected postin the world. The presidency ofthe United States is today thegreatest position ofunprecedented power andincomparable burden on behalfof all the people of this great nation.

Each president has viewed the office and his servicedifferently. Upon leaving office Theodore Rooseveltwrote: “Although the Presidency has been verywearing . . . I have thoroughly enjoyed it, for it is fineto feel one’s hand guiding great machinery.” On theother extreme, a beleaguered Harry Truman remarked:“There is no exaltation in the office of the Presidentof the United States – sorrow is the proper word.”

Sometimes frustrated by the power and burden ofthe office, presidents have weighed in withcomments that often underscored their sense of

futility. The job is “not fit for agentleman,” said

Buchanan. “A crown ofthorns” is how JohnQuincy Adamsdescribed his position

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Commemorativebuttons made forGeorge Washington’sfirst inauguration.

An 1801 hand-painted inaugural banner pro-claimed: “T. Jefferson, President of the UnitedStates of America/John Adams is no more.”


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believes he thereby promotes the best interests ofthe whole country, and when an election is passed,it is altogether befitting a free people that, until thenext election, they should be as one people.”

With a simple oath of 35 words, that hasremained unchanged since Washington firstspoke them, the symbolism of the transfer ofpower and the continuity of governing arerecognized by all Americans. And with thedeeding of authority comes renewed hope,aspirations and goals. That orderly form andcoming together of differences, which is uniquelyAmerican in heritage, is worthy of celebratoryrecognition every four years by all citizens.

Some presidents have seen Inauguration Dayas a somber and sober commencement of thehardest job in the world, while others havereveled and gloried in the pomp andcircumstance of the festivity.

After repeating the oath of office that first time in1789, Washington, in a simple American-madebrown suit of tails, is said to have kissed the Bible,adding unexpectedly, “So help me God.” At thefirst celebration ball, however, he relished inminueting with the best of New York society ladies.

On the glorious morning of his installation,Madison commented to Dolley, “I’d much ratherbe in bed sleeping.” That night, however, hedutifully escorted the new first lady to theinaugural ball and protectively moved her fromplace to place as the two ostrich feathers extending

A 1,400-pound cheese was centered on a White Housecarpet for Jackson’s memorable Inaugural open house(New York Public Library).

1897 McKinley inaugural program.

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Inaugural memorabilia, clockwise from topright: Abraham Lincoln inaugural ballprogram; William McKinley inaugural ballticket; John F. Kennedy inaugural ball ticket;Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugural ticket;Richard M. Nixon inaugural ball ticket;Harry S. Truman inaugural ball ticket;Ulysses S. Grant inaugural reception ticket.


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from her Parisian turban threatened to ignite orsnuff out the flames of every candle in the LongHotel ballroom.

Perhaps the most memorable inaugural of all wasAndrew Jackson’s in 1829. Since “Old Hickory’s”beloved wife, Rachel, had died just a month before, itwas decided improper to stage an inaugural ball.Instead, Jackson felt an open-house reception in theWhite House more appropriate and befitting hisstyle. Crowds of thousands engulfed the mansion andoverran the East Room. Food that had been carefullylaid out on tables was thrown on the elegant floorsand papered walls. Throughout the packed housedrunken men fought, little children cried for lostparents, and ladies fainted. There was such a press toshake Jackson’s hand that he found himself trapped,almost suffocating, against the wall. A group ofsupporters formed a cordon around the newpresident and helped him escape through a side door.Mounting his horse, Jackson went back to Gadsby’sTavern and spent his first night in office there alone.

The crowds were as wild and eager for William HenryHarrison’s inauguration in 1841, and “OldTippecanoe” was determined to give them theirmoney’s worth. He gave the longest inaugural addresson record (8,441 words) and, after an exhausting dayof activities, danced with the wives of prominentWhigs at three balls until the wee hours of themorning. Tired and chilled, the new president camedown with pneumonia within 24 hours and diedexactly one month to the day of his inauguration.

Abraham Lincoln took his second oath of officeunder the just-completed dome of the Capitol, asthe Civil War was drawing to a close. Theinauguration under the dome was planned tosymbolically bind together a weary nation. At theinaugural ball that evening, a guest who wasappearing at Ford’s Theatre was presented to theLincolns. His name was John Wilkes Booth.

Lincoln’s second inauguration.

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President Ulysses S. Grant’ssecond inaugural is mostremembered for its weather,minus four degrees with winds

up to 40 miles per hour. The ballthat evening was probably the most

disastrous in history. It took place ina beautifully erected temporary building

on Judiciary Square. Unfortunately, nobody thoughtof installing a heating system, forcing guests todance in their wraps and coats. The elaborate feastprepared for thousands froze solid, and musicians,too cold to play their instruments, opted to watchsilently as thousands of canaries brought in toserenade guests froze to death on their ceilingperches and fell onto the horrified dancers.

The evening before Teddy Roosevelt’s inauguration,Secretary of State John Hay presented thepresident-elect with a gift he would cherish as longas he lived. He gave him a ring containing a lock ofhair cut from Lincoln’s head on the night of hisassassination. The ring was handsomely engravedwith the initials of both presidents and wasaccompanied by a handwritten note from Hay thatread, “Please wear this tomorrow. You are one ofthe men who most thoroughly understands andappreciates Lincoln.” Roosevelt later said the ringoffered inspiration and encouraged him ineverything he did as president.

When Dwight D. Eisenhower became the firstgeneral in 70 years to be elected president, he alsobecame the first to suspend the traditional formalblack topper in favor of a less formal Homburg hat,more to his liking. In another first, 1952 became thefirst televised inaugural, although the unassuming Ikelater recounted that he and Mamie were not

The handwritten copy of Robert Frost’s“The Gift Outright,” recited by the poetat the 1961 inaugural ceremony with thechampagne bottle President and Mrs.Kennedy used at the ball that evening.


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comfortable eating their inaugural luncheon in theOld Supreme Court Chamber as millions ofAmericans watched live on TV.

While inaugurations are often a spectacle formillions, they are a genuine catharsis for theAmerican people, as well. In a sense, it is an act ofhealing after the inevitable division of a politicalcampaign. The inaugural pageantry reiterates that,although one side did not win, the new leader isgoing to do everything within his power to unitethe nation behind him. The inauguration is ourmost visible affirmation of the faith that Americanpeople have in their tenets and institutions.

It is befitting the American inaugural tradition that, atthe conclusion of the festivities, George W. Bush, the43rd president of the United States, will retire to hisnew home and the home of the nation – the WhiteHouse. The most historic building in the country,which is this year celebrating its 200th anniversary,will welcome him with a blessing engraved on one ofits mantels: “I Pray Heaven To Bestow The Best ofBlessings On This House And All that shall hereafterInhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men everrule under This Roof. November 1800.”

F.C. Duke Zeller is an author and inaugural historian who hasserved five Republican presidents and three U.S. senators.

Ornate carriage that carried Ulysses S. Grant tohis 1869 inauguration.

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The new president’s walk down PennsylvaniaAvenue to the White House begins a journey withunforeseen challenges and crises. The awesomeresponsibilities and relentless demands of thepresidency have taken the measure of many greatmen – generals, diplomats, senators and governors.Now, George W. Bush has come from SamHouston’s house to the White House to assume themost powerful office in the world, brimming with aTexas-sized confidence, tempered by a deliberatehumility born of faith.

The metaphor for America’s greatness in much ofthe world is embodied in the word “Texas,” withher natural grandeur, frontier grit and big-heartedgenerosity. President George W. Bush is a son ofTexas, where being plain spoken is a virtue,pretension can be spotted a mile away, and a man isonly as good as his word. He brings to thepresidency compassion for the less fortunate andcourage in his public commitments.

The splendid men and women President Bush hascalled upon to serve with him demonstrate awillingness to share history’s stage, and a prudentappreciation of the enormity of the task ahead. Yet,ultimately, the burdens of this great office will restsquarely on his shoulders. There is no certainpreparation for this undertaking. But GeorgeBush’s natural grace and tested virtues are equal tothe endeavor.

Inaugurations represent milestones in our commonjourney as well as promising new beginnings. At thedawn of the third century of the republic, ournewest president will be sustained in the challengesahead by the hopes and prayers of all Americans.

Kate O’Beirne is the Washington editor of the National Review.

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Executive CommitteeBill and Kathy DeWitt, Co-chairsMercer and Gabrielle Reynolds, Co-chairsFred Meyer, ChairmanBrad Freeman, Finance Chair Julie Finley, Finance Co-chair Al Hoffman, Jr., Finance Co-chair Jeanne Johnson Phillips, Executive Director

Executive OfficeMary S. Farr, Special Deputy to the

Executive DirectorSusan Galen, Executive AssistantAngela Jones, Executive AssistantNicole Herold, Executive AssistantMaria Gullo, Executive AssistantLynn Lunceford, Executive Assistant

CommunicationsEd Gillespie, DirectorDirk Vande Beek, Deputy DirectorSusan Phalen, Press SecretaryNatalie Rule, Press Secretary

Events and OperationsBrian D. Montgomery, Chief Deputy and

Director, Special Events and OperationsJudd Swift, Director of OperationsGordon C. James, Director, EventsNeal Burnham, Deputy Director, OperationsPatrick Rhode, Deputy Director, OperationsGreg Jenkins, Deputy Director, Events – PressEd Cowling, Deputy Director, EventsKim Palmese, Managing Director, Events Spence Geissenger, Managing Director, EventsTobin Harvey, Managing Director, EventsSteve Myers, Managing Director, EventsDan McCardell, Managing Director, Budget Phil Leadroot, Managing Director, Security

and CredentialsC. James Schaefer, IV, Managing Director,

PublicationsAmy E. Lemen, Deputy Managing

Director, PublicationsDamon Moley, Managing Director, VolunteersC. Thomas McCully, Managing Director,

TransportationDavid B. Balfour, Deputy Managing

Director, Transportation

Finance Mary Kate Johnson, DirectorHeather Larrison, Deputy DirectorBeth Sturgeon, Deputy Director

General CounselBen Ginsberg

Invitations and TicketingMary Fraser, Director of Invitations and

TicketingDenise Lechtenberger, Deputy Director

Office of DiversityErnie Ladd, Special Advisor to the

CommitteeEli Rodriguez, Special Advisor to the

Committee

Official Proceedings and SchedulingBob Goodwin, Special DeputyJohn Gibbons, DeputyBruce Clark, Deputy

Public LiaisonJanet Slaughter Eissenstat, DirectorKen Yale, Deputy DirectorStephen Payne, Deputy Director for

Congressional RelationsDavid Thomas, Deputy Director for

Political AffairsAmbassador Donald Ensenat, Deputy

Director for the Diplomatic Corps

Special ServicesBeverly Shea, Chief Deputy and Director

of Special ServicesGretchen Purser, Deputy DirectorJim Wray, Special Deputy

TreasuryEric Bing, Treasurer and Chief

Administrative OfficerMargee Dotter, ComptrollerLeslie Cole, Deputy ComptrollerFrank Haas, Director of AdministrationRobert Ollison, Director of Marketing

Vice Presidential OperationsRon Walker, Special Deputy, Office of the

Vice President-ElectSteve Hart, Deputy DirectorMarguerite Sullivan, Deputy Director,

Operations and Friends and FamilyCeleste Colgan, Deputy Director, Friends

and FamilyCeCe Kramer, Deputy Director, Scheduling

Armed Forces Inaugural CommitteeMajor General James T. Jackson, US

Army, ChairmanBrigadier General Elbert N. Perkins, US

Army, Deputy ChairmanCaptain Dede Gibson, US Navy, Chief of

StaffThomas L. Groppel, Director of

CeremoniesLt. Colonel Karl M. Johnson, US Air

Force, Executive Officer

General Services AdministrationInaugural StaffToni Lewis-Hazlewood, Chief Operating

OfficerM.A. “Skip” Gerdes, Deputy Chief

Operating OfficerLesly Wilson, CounselDenise Johnson, Special Assistant and

Chief of AdministrationPatricia Duncan, Chief Procurement

OfficerRalph Boldt, Assistant Chief Operating

Officer for SecuritySonny Cook, Assistant Chief Operating

Officer for OperationsChristopher Davis, Chief Funds Control

OfficerSaundra Guyton, Chief

Telecommunications OfficerWillie Mills, Federal Supply ServicePaul Houston, Chief Information

Technology Officer

Joint Congressional Committee onInaugural Celebrations The Honorable Mitch McConnell,

ChairmanThe Honorable Trent LottThe Honorable Christopher DoddThe Honorable J. Dennis HastertThe Honorable Richard K. ArmeyThe Honorable Richard A. Gephardt

54th Presidential Inaugural Publications DivisionC. James Schaefer, IV, Managing DirectorAmy E. Lemen, Deputy DirectorBarbara CebuharSuzanne ChaseMichael R. DavisElizabeth DialPim DoerrLauren HofferCharles LaheyNancy LongChris PaulitzHeather M. ShockneyF.C. Duke Zeller

In Appreciation:AP/World Wide PhotosDennis BrackGray HawnHillsman S. Jackson/SMUDavid KennerlyJake McGuireNational American History Museum,Smithsonian InstitutionCharles OmmanneyDavid Woo


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Abbott LaboratoriesDr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson,

Venetian ResortAEGONAgua Caliente Band of Cahuilla IndiansDr. David AlameelAlcoaAmerican AirlinesAmerican Council of Life InsurersAmerican Financial GroupAmerican Insurance AssociationAmerican International Group, Inc.American Trucking AssociationsJudy and John M. AngeloAnheuser-Busch CompaniesThe Honorable and Mrs. Hushang AnsaryAOL Time WarnerArcher Daniels Midland CompanyMr. and Mrs. George A. ArgyrosAT&TRobert G. BarrettMr. and Mrs. Lee M. BassLawrence E. Bathgate, IIGrace and Tom BensonClaudia Hawthorne and Dennis BermanMr. and Mrs. Tom A. Bernstein and

Mr. and Mrs. Roland W. BettsJohn and Shirley BerryMrs. Marilynn M. BerryBessemer Securities Corporation / The

Bessemer Group, Inc.Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley LLPBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.The Boeing CompanyBPMr. and Mrs. Stephen F. BrauerBrisben Development, Inc.Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyMr. and Mrs. John J. CafaroMr. and Mrs. Joseph C. CanizaroLinda and Don CarterBarbara and Finn CaspersenThe Cassidy CompaniesCharles M. Cawley, Chairman and CEO,

MBNA America BankVicki and Tom CelaniThe Chevron CompaniesCisco SystemsCitigroupMrs. James H. Clement, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Jim Click, Jr.CMC CompanyCMS EnergyThe Coca-Cola CompanyMr. Ken W. Cole, HoneywellGlenn Collins, NeoDyme Technologies

Corp.Frederick E. CooperCredit Suisse First BostonMr. and Mrs. Robert A. DayDCS, Inc.Lawrence J. De GeorgeDr. A.K. Desai & Jim HoltonMr. and Mrs. William O. DeWitt, Jr.James K. Dobbs, IIIDOMINIONJohn F. DonahueThe Dow Chemical CompanyArchie W. Dunham, Chairman, President

and CEO, Conoco Inc.EDSRichard J. EganMr. and Mrs. Lewis M. EisenbergEmersonIrl F. Engelhardt, Chairman and CEO,

Peabody GroupEnronExxon Mobil CorporationFannie MaeMr. and Mrs. Issam M. FaresMr. and Mrs. Nijad I. FaresMr. and Mrs. William S. FarishJoyce and Dick FarmerFarmer’s Insurance Group of CompaniesJulie FinleyFirstEnergy Corp.

Mr. and Mrs. William P. Foley, IIFord Motor CompanyCyndee and Tom FoscueThe Founders GroupMr. and Mrs. Sam FoxBradford M. FreemanFrito-Lay, Inc.General ElectricGeneral Motors CorporationMr. and Mrs. Bert A. GetzGMACGoldman, Sachs & Co.Great Traditions Land and Development Co.Mrs. Barbara GrimmMr. and Mrs. Mark GuzzettaJohn Hancock Financial Services, Inc.James H. HarlessSeeme G. and Malik M. Hasan, M.D.John W. Henry & Company, Inc.Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst IncorporatedNancy and Gus HillenbrandDawn and Al HoffmanJulianna Hawn Holt and Peter M. HoltJoan and John HotchkisB. Wayne HughesNancy Ann and Ray L. Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hurwitz IBM International Game Technology International PaperInvacare Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jaharis Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson Judy and Dennis Jones J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.Lawrence KadishMunr KazmirJames J. KimNancy and Rich KinderKmart CorporationKraft Foods, Inc.Robert D. KramerMr. and Mrs. J. Terrence LanniMr. Ronald LauderLinda and Ken LayGretchen and Howard LeachThomas C. Leppert, Chairman and CEO,

The Turner CorporationSteve Letbetter, Chairman and CEO,

Reliant EnergyThe Limited, Inc.Carl H. LindnerLockheed MartinLockheed Martin IMSSuzanne and James MacDougaldMag Instruments, Inc.Marlene and Fred MalekJ. and M. McDowellDr. Henry A. McKinnellTimothy P. McKone, SBC

CommunicationsElizabeth and Drayton McLane, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. David MehlMerck & Co., IncMerrill Lynch and Co., Inc.Barbara and Fred MeyerBob MeyersonMicrosoft CorporationMr. and Mrs. John A. MoranMorgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.Mr. H. Gary MorseMotorolaMr. Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and

CEO, News CorporationDavid H. MurdockNational Association of HomebuildersBobbie and John NauNextel CommunicationsErle NyeOccidental Petroleum CorporationOffice of the Commissioner of BaseballDonald G. Ogilvie, American Bankers

AssociationMr. and Mrs. Peter O’MalleyJames F. Orr, Chairman, President, and

CEO, Convergys Corporation

Rocco A. Ortenzio, Chairman and CEOof Select Medical Corp.

Outback Steakhouse Political ActionCommittee

John W. Paxton, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. John Whitney PaysonPepsiCo, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. A. Jerrold PerenchioThomas F. Petway, IIIFred and Stephanie Pezeshkan, Kraft

Construction CompanyPharmacia CorporationPhilip Morris Companies Inc.PhRMAPatty and Bo Pilgrim, Pilgrim’s PridePMX Industries, Inc.Mr. David C. PrattHeinz C. Prechter and C. Michael KojaianPRIMEDIA Inc.Marcia and John PriceB.M. “Mack” Rankin, Jr. and

Freeport-McMoRanWalter Raquet, Executive Vice President,

Knight Trading Group, Inc.Andrew K. RayburnRAYTHEONMr. and Mrs. Mercer ReynoldsRobert C. Rhein Interests, Inc.Melinda and Robert RichMr. and Mrs. Duane R. RobertsJames E. Rogers, Cinergy Corp.Deedie and Rusty RoseMr. and Mrs. Henry A. Rosenberg, Jr.Safeway Inc.Sallie MaeMr. and Mrs. Charles R. SchwabAmbassador Mel and Betty Sembler,

The Sembler CompanyTherese M. ShaheenMr. and Mrs. John M. ShanahanStephanie and Ned L. SiegelEllen and Matthew SimmonsJeffrey K. SkillingBarbara and Clifford SobelSouthern CompanySouth Florida PartnershipMr. and Mrs. Alex G. SpanosMr. and Mrs. Dean A. SpanosMr. and Mrs. Ronald P. SpogliR. Allen StanfordStephens Group, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. StephensonSusan and John SykesDr. John and Dr. Josephine TempletonTextronSue and Tim TimkenDennis A. TitoChristine TorettiDr. Thomas and Erma Jean TracyTrident Capital, Inc.Tyson Foods, Inc.Union Pacific CorporationU.S. Asia Commercial Development

CorporationUST Inc.Van Beuren Management, Inc.Visa U.S.A. Inc.Bruce M. WaldackMr. and Mrs. W. Ray WallaceWalter WangThe Washington Post CompanyThe Washington RedskinsWaste Management, Inc.Eileen and Ron Weiser / Padma and

Raj VattikutiMr. and Mrs. Cortright Wetherill, Jr.Marylou Whitney and John HendricksonWilkes & McHugh, P.A.Mr. Charles WylyCheryl and Sam WylyMr. and Mrs. V. James ZengaSelim K. Zilkha

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