Members of the US Navy (USN) Ceremonial Honor Guard pass in review at the East Front of the US Capitol during the 2005 Presidential Inaugural. The USN Ceremonial Guard provides military ceremonial support to the 55th Presidential Inauguration. More than 5,000 men and women in uniform provide military ceremonial support to the Presidential Inauguration, a tradition dating back to George Washington's 1789 Inauguration. Receiving the honors are US President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush (left) and Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne (right)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Washington
State: District Of Columbia (DC)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PA1 John Gaffney, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Laura Lane Welch Bush (born November 4, 1946) is the wife of the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush, and was the First Lady from 2001 to 2009. Bush graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in education, and took a job as a second grade teacher. After attaining her master's degree in library science at the University of Texas at Austin, she was employed as a librarian. Bush is of English, French, and Swiss ancestry. Her father was a home builder and later successful real estate developer, while her mother worked as the bookkeeper for her father's business.