[Just A Nobody]

President Bush leaves the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 17, 2007, prior to his departure to a convocation at Virginia Tech to remember the 33 people who died in two campus attacks.

U.S. President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush walk to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House.

President Bush waves prior to boarding the Marine One helicopter

Marine One, with U.S. President Bush and first lady Laura Bush

A helicopter in President Bush's entourage passes the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 17, 2007, as the flags are flown at half staff in honor of the Virginia Tech school shootings.

[Just A Nobody]

President Bush, left, first lady Laura Bush, second from left, Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, right, and his wife Anne Holton, second from right, walk to a memorial for Virginia Tech shooting victims, Tuesday, April 17, 2007, in Blacksburg, Va.

First lady Laura Bush, right, accompanied by, from left, President Bush, Anne Holton, wife of Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine and Gov. Kaine, lays flowers at a memorial for the Virginia Tech shootings victims, Tuesday, April 17, 2007, in Blacksburg, Va.

President Bush reaches out to Anne Holton, wife of Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine after laying flowers and signing a memorial for Virginia Tech shooting victims

[CedarDave]

If you haven’t seen the Remembrance Ceremony, you can view it at www.Cspan.org. Click on “Remembrance Ceremony.” In addition to the President’s comments highlights are the Governor’s comments (panned by many here on FR, but very appropriate and appreciative of President Bush’s help). The apparently spontaneous recitation of the “Lord’s Prayer” is a highlight, also. And the remarks and cheerleading by the school's poet laureate were certainly different. Finally, at the end of the ceremony (but not seen on the C-span tape), the students were asked to remain seated while the president, guests, families and podium speakers left. The camera pans over the student body - quiet, reflective, no talking or discussion, some hand-holding, motionless, silence...

[snugs]

I love the photo of the tulips