President Bush’s Surprise Visit with Top Dallas Students

“Welcome to the Oval Office,” he said. “You’re our first guests, and we’re thrilled you’re here.”

Bush visited with 43 Dallas-area school children for more than 30 minutes, covering subjects ranging from a typical day at the White House to the profound role faith has played in his life.

Bush said that he intentionally requested that the first visitors be school children - not dignitaries or donors - because he wants the Bush Center to be a place of learning.

See the video below of the students’ visit with President Bush, courtesy of HPISD:

The New York Daily News also adds:

The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum opened to the public Wednesday, with the 43rd president greeting 43 area schoolchildren who were its first visitors.

“It was amazing seeing one of our nation’s leaders who left an eight year legacy behind him,” said Eduardo Borrego, a 6th grader Mark Twain Elementary in Richardson. He added, “I was like, ‘I can’t believe he’s here.’”

The library and museum, along with Bush’s policy institute, are housed in the George W. Bush Presidential Center on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas…

The 43 Dallas-Fort Worth area students were chosen by their superintendents to be the first visitors to the museum Wednesday, said library and museum spokesman John Orrell. He said about 300,000 visitors a year are expected.

The museum includes exhibits on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, the Florida recount and other historical events. There is also a replica of the Oval Office, where the Bush met with the students. Continue reading on NY Daily News.

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