https://freerepublic.com/tag/hr4145/ en-us Thu, 1 Dec 2005 18:14:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1532067/posts President Signs H.R. 4145 to Place Statue of Rosa Parks in U.S. Capitol Room 350 Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building 10:33 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Welcome. Please be seated. Thank you all for being here. Laura and I thank you for joining us on this special day. Fifty years ago an African American woman named Rosa Parks helped set in motion a national movement for equality and freedom when she refused a bus driver's order to give her seat to a white man. The bill I'm about to sign calls for a statue of Rosa Parks to be placed... Whitehouse.gov https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1532067/posts#comment Thu, 1 Dec 2005 18:14:46 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1532394/posts President Bush and first Lady Laura Bush attended and spoke at World AIDS day in Washington. The President signed a Bill authorizing a statue of civil rights leader Rosa Parks be placed in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall. The President also met Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick the Archbishop of Washington at the White House This evening the President and First Lady attended and participated in the Pageant of Peace program on The Ellipse near the White House during which the National Christmas Tree was lit. Yesterday the First Lady made a visit to the Church of the Epiphany in Washington,... www.yahoo.com www.whitehouse.gov https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1532394/posts#comment Fri, 2 Dec 2005 01:36:03 GMT