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Four former Presidents and four First Ladies displayed a moment of solidarity at the funeral of Former First Lady Barbara Bush . President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, President Clinton, Hillary Clinton, President Obama, Michelle Obama, and First Lady Melania Trump posed for a group photo surrounded by President George H.W. Bush in a show of support.
More than a thousand guests have turned out for the private funeral for former US first lady Barbara Bush, including four former presidents and three former first ladies, as well as the current first lady. Mourners gathered at St Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston to celebrate the life of the matriarch of the Bush family, who was the wife of a president and the mother of another.
Presidents, first ladies and many others who knew Barbara Bush are praising her devotion to the nation, her family and literacy. President Donald Trump said among Mrs. Bush's greatest achievements "was recognizing the importance of literacy as a fundamental family value that requires nurturing and protection.
It is reported that the former First Lady played a "key role" in getting the pair together and is devastated she will not be there for the big day. Despite Harry's friendship with Barack Obama, which stems from the Invictus Games, the former president and Michelle won't be invited as it would cause a "diplomatic headache".
US President Donald Trump and his predecessor Barack Obama will not attend the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, White House and royal sources told CNN on Tuesday. Trump and first lady Melania were not invited, nor were any other elected US officials, a White House official told CNN.
Former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama stand between their portraits at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., February 12, 2018. ve read plenty about the official portraits of Barack Obama, painted by Kehinde Wiley, and Amy Sherald's Michelle Obama.
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama sent a heartfelt, handwritten letter to the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, commending their efforts to champion gun control after a lone gunman killed 17 people in February. The note said the Parkland, Florida, teenagers had "helped awaken the conscience of the nation, and challenged decision-makers to make the safety of our children the country's top priority."
The photo - of a very little black girl staring up in rapt awe at a portrait of a regal Michelle Obama - flashed like wildfire across the internet a week or so ago. The mother of two-year-old Parker Curry tried in vain to take a picture of her daughter in front of the portrait, but the child, transfixed by a painting of someone she later breathlessly confided was "a queen," wouldn't turn around.
Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama participate in the unveiling of their official portraits during a ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery on Feb. 12, 2018 in Washington, DC. The portraits were commissioned by the Gallery, for Kehinde Wiley to create President Obama's portrait, and Amy Sherald that of Michelle Obama.
A photo of a 2-year-old girl gazing at former first lady Michelle Obama's portrait in the Smithsonian warmed hearts across the internet last week. On Tuesday, the subject of the inspirational photo got to meet Obama herself.
A photo of a little girl standing in awe in front of former First Lady Michelle Obama's official portrait is melting collective hearts across the Internet. On Thursday, Ben Hines shared a photo of the girl staring up at Obama's painting in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. "Donna Hines and I made a pilgrimage today and we were delighted to wait in line behind this fellow art lover & hopeful patriot," the post said.
The picture, taken at the National Portrait Gallery, shows 2-year-old Parker Curry staring in awe of the towering portrait of the former first lady. A visitor from North Carolina snapped the picture inside the gallery and posted it to his Facebook page.
A much-awaited memoir by former first lady Michelle Obama will be published in North America on November 13 and will appear simultaneously in 24 languages worldwide. In making the announcement Sunday, Penguin Random House publishers' chief executive Markus Dohle called Obama "one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era."
Over social media Sunday, the former first lady announced her first memoir, Becoming , will be published on November 13. That gives her most dedicated admirers exactly 261 days to start printing "Obama 2020" T-shirts as some are professing to do before storming bookstores. "Writing BECOMING has been a deeply personal experience," she tweeted to her followers.
In this May 12, 2017, file photo, former first lady Michelle Obama smiles while speaking at the Partnership for a Healthier American 2017 Healthier Future Summit in Washington. The former first lady tweeted Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018 that her memoir, one of the most highly anticipated books in recent years, is coming out Nov. 13, 2018, and is called "Becoming."
The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery unveiled its commissioned portraits of former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Monday. The Obama portraits have received an appropriate number of negative comments.
Just in time for Presidents Day, the National Portrait Gallery is throwing a birthday party to celebrate the museum's 50th anniversary and its iconic "America's Presidents" exhibit. Visitors were treated to a look at the new portraits of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama.
In between Barack Obama saying the portrait of him was "pretty sharp" and Michelle Obama praising the artist who painted her as "so fly", there was a flash of platinum blonde hair and the sound of a warm Australian accent on the stage of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. in Washington this week was not only a momentous milestone for artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, who couldn't hold back tears as they spoke of their difficult roads to becoming the first African-American artists to paint the official portraits.
Barack and Michelle Obama's official portraits were unveiled this week at the Smithsonian National Portrait Museum in Washington DC, where they will hang along with portraits of every past US president. Former US President Obama described his portrait by Kehinde Wiley - "known for his Old Master-style depiction of African-Americans," says the BBC - as "pretty sharp" The former first lady chose Amy Sherald, an artist from Baltimore known for painting life-size portraits of black Americans, to paint her portrait.