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Thank you, Mrs. Bush, for seven glorious NFRW Regent Teas at the White House . . . 2002 - 2008 . . .
 

NFRW Capitol Regents and Regents at the White House Tea   -  March 12, 2008
Our Final Tea at the White House with Mrs. Bush
Read Press Release

 




State Photos with Mrs. Bush at White House Tea
Federation Presidents are invited to send a scanned image of their official White House
2008 photo for posting on this page.  E-mail photos
 

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2. Washington

   
1. GA: India McFarlane, Susan McFarlane, Regent from CA (formerly of GA) Mrs. Bush, Millie Rogers and Bettye Chambers  2. WA: Sally Taylor, Jane Aurdal, WFRW President Judy Needles, Mrs. Bush, Lois Dobish, Susan Monchil, Patsy Excell, Kim Cathleen Verde.

 
     

Eager NFRW Regents and Capitol Regents line up in the lobby of the hotel waiting to board busses to the White House for our
final tea with First Lady Laura Bush
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1. Shelly Locke UT, Darcy Kruitbosch UT Christina Kiik, TX    2. Dr. Lois Frels of Illinois with friend  
3. Katie Bolon, Linda Ivell, and Bonnie Re of Florida   4. Mary Lou Wright of KY



Regents and Capitol Regents
Tea in the East Room of the White House

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5. Regents Chairman Caroline Pierce with Shirley Sadler, NFRW President, welcome the Regents to the White House   6. Suzanne Connelly of  PA, Theresa Esposito of NC, Dr. Linda Petrou from NC and Jane Lane, NFRW 2nd Vice President from New Hampshire   7. Gwen Ecklund from Iowa on left below priceless portrait of Georgia Washington   8. Jessie Morton of Louisiana enjoys food in the famous East Room.


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 9 - 11. Beautifully decorated tables in the East Room are covered with abundant and delicious hors d'oeuvres    12. Reta Hamilton of Arkansas in the East Room


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14.  Amy Pierce of Houston, TX and Renee LaForce Harkins of The Woodlands, TX.
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Scenes from the State Dining Room
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16. NFRW 1st Vice President Sue Lynch of Wisconsin and Vicki Drummond of Alabama  17. Bunny Parish of Delaware enjoys the delicious food in the State Dining Room  18. Focal point of the State Dining Room - portrait of the father of the Republican Party, Abraham Lincoln


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19. Sally Bryant of Alabama  20. Freida von Schiller of NY  21. Republican women relax in the State Dining Room and savor the final moments.




Scenes from other Rooms in the White House
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22. Bonnie Cloer of CA and Bettye Chambers of GA below their favorite portrait of Ronald Reagan in Cross Hall    23. America's finest serve as Military Social Aides in the White House   24. Susan McFarlane, Regent from CA, and her daughter India McFarlane in the Red Room.  25. Military Social Aide next to famous sculpture of Lincoln.


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26 -27. Stephanie Roesner of Virginia poses below her favorite portrait of Benjamin Franklin in the Green Room.    28. Walking through the Red Room   29. Lyn Sanchez of Colorado with two of our armed services military social aides.


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30. Looking down famous Cross Hall into the East Room  31. Exiting the White House we catch a view of a flowering fruit tree  32. Photos of President Bush on his recent trip to Africa    33. Most recent photo of President Bush endorsing Senator John McCain for President in 2008.


Official group photos with Mrs. Bush will be posted here as soon as they are received in May. To have your state photo included on this page, please scan and e-mail to Bettye Chambers.
 


Thank you, Mrs. Bush, for inviting us to the White House for tea for the
past seven years!




First Lady Laura Bush invited the Board of Regents of the National Federation of Republican Women to the White House for tea again on March 12, 2008. This was the seventh  time that Mrs. Bush has extended this invitation to the Board of Regents of NFRW. There were over 275 Regents from all across the country attending this glorious event where they had the opportunity to meet Mrs. Bush individually, shake her hand and have a photograph made with her.

The official photo of Mrs. Bush with the individual state Regents and Capitol Regents  will be available to each attendee in May of 2008. Read First Lady's Biography
(above) Laura Bush : An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady (Hardcover)
by
Ronald Kessler -  released on April 4, 2006

 


 

Sign up to become a Regent today and join us next year for a memorable trip to the White House and many other special events!  Congratulations to Louisiana for recruiting 41 new regents!

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View Photo Web Page of the 2008 NFRW Board of Directors Meeting
 


View scenes from White House Tea - March 21, 2004
View scenes from White House Tea - March 28, 2007
 

 

 
White House Panoramic Tours


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Virtual Tour of the White House

Rooms on the Tour
Blue Room | Entrance and Cross Halls |
East Room | Green Room | Library | Red Room
State Dining Room | Vermeil Room
 


 


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