George Told Laura, 'Don't Make This A Monument To Me."

I'm referring to the just-completed and opened George W. Bush Presidential Library which sits on 23 acres of the larger grounds of the Southern Methodist University. 

It's certainly Texas-sized at 226,000 sq. ft.  The first thing you will see is a U-shaped, low building, the open arms of the U stretching out to greet you.  Inside the building are a museum, a gift shop, Cafe 43 and the offices of the George W. Bush Institute.

Inside the Institute space, one finds reception rooms, seminar spaces, a 360-seat auditorium and offices for Bush and his wife as well as a spacious living room and a formal dining room that seats 36 people.

Richie and I have always been interested in Presidential Libraries and in nearly 30 years of marriage, we've seen the libraries for:

General Dwight Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Lyndon Johnson
Theodore Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson

The Bush Library is something to look forward to the next time we're in Dallas.  Of particular interest to me have been the re-created Oval Offices and the china patterns!