KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
My El Paso by Laura Bush
Friday, October 14, 2011 • 6 p.m.
The Plaza Theatre • 125 Pioneer Plaza • 915 534-0605
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Laura Bush spent many summer months in El Paso; her grandparents, Jessie and Hal Hawkins, lived in Canutillo. Her mother, Jenna Hawkins Welch, grew up in El Paso, attending El Paso High School and Texas Western College of Mines. Jenna had her first date with her future husband—a handsome Ft. Bliss soldier named Harold Welch—in Ciudad Juárez, as reported by the El Paso Times. The former first lady of the United States will speak about her family ties to El Paso, tell stories of her summer stays, and share what she finds so special about “the dried up, bare, empty country” she loves to visit. Following Laura Bush’s remarks, there will be a screening of highlights from Capstone Production’s documentary film “Tom Lea’s El Paso,” which she introduced from the White House in 2008.