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Attending the Veterans Day Prayer Breakfast at Park Avenue Seventh Regiment Armory in New York, Nov. 11, 2001, GWB embraces Arlene Howard, who gave President Bush the badge from her son, George Howard, a Port Authority police officer who died at the World Trade Center.

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Laura Bush talks with members of the 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Thanksgiving, November 2001. Known as "The Screaming Eagles," this airborne division took part in the largest airborne assault of World War II.

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Meant to do these in chronological order, but in flipping back and forth between the internet and notepad, I somehow skipped over this group:

May 8, 2001: First Lady Laura Bush visited troops in Fort Jackson, South Carolina for a "Troops to Teachers" rally. She got a rousing welcome and, as you can see from this gorgeous photo, she was delighted.