Yeah, it was mentioned at one of the press briefings that Mrs. Bush and her staff packed up a lot of personal things this week and had them sent ahead to Texas.
And then there's the historic/official items and documents they have collected over the past 8 years that will one day be in the President's library and museum.
Pallets loaded with boxes of documents from President George W. Bush's years in the White House are unloaded by military personnel after arriving at Carswell Field at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth, Texas, January 15, 2009. Thousands of boxes are being sent to Texas for storage before the Bush Library is completed. Picture taken January 15, 2009.
Pallets loaded with boxes of documents from President George W. Bush's years in the White House are unloaded by military personnel after arriving at Carswell Field at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth, Texas, January 15, 2009. Thousands of boxes are being sent to Texas for storage before the Bush Library is completed. Picture taken January 15, 2009.
Note the date on the box on the left.
The impact of seeing the date on the box was very strong, Jonny, and I had that proverbial heart-in-the-throat moment. Laura already has a book deal, right? I hope very, very much that GWB and RBC both write books, too. I really want their insights into the events of that time to be part of the complete public record.