Living the ‘afterlife’: Laura Bush talks about her post-White House years at Bryan Series event By John Newsom Sep 11, 2019 Sep 11, 2019 Updated May 27, 2021 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GREENSBORO — It was old-home night at the Greensboro Coliseum when Laura Bush came to town Tuesday night.kAm%96 7@C>6C 7:CDE =25J 5:5 E2=< 23@FE 65F42E:@?[ 49:=5C6? 2?5 2 76H @E96C :DDF6D ?62C 2?5 562C E@ 96C 962CE] qFE :? 2 9F>@C@FD 2?5 2A@=:E:42= DA6649 E@ <:4< @77 E96 a_`h\a_ D62D@? @7 E96 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]8F:=7@C5]65F^=:76^3CJ2?\D6C:6DQ E2C86ElQ03=2?<QmvF:=7@C5 r@==686 qCJ2? $6C:6Dk^2m[ qFD9 E@=5 E96 2F5:6?46 @7 23@FE a[e__ E92E D96 2?5 96C 72>:=J 2C6 5@:?8 BF:E6 H6==[ E92?< J@F G6CJ >F49[ :? 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Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Justice Stephen Breyer gives a Bryan Series audience a peek inside the Supreme Court Breyer, appointed to the court in 1994 by President Bill Clinton, covered several topics that he said most people seem to know little about or… Turbulent times: Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talks to a Bryan Series audience about presidential leadership and political turmoil Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin caps off the Guilford College Bryan Series’ six-year run at the Greensboro Coliseum. Next Guilford College Bryan Series season features a new venue, a new format and a former British prime minister The annual lecture series also has rescheduled appearances by actress Sally Field and novelist Colson Whitehead.
Justice Stephen Breyer gives a Bryan Series audience a peek inside the Supreme Court Breyer, appointed to the court in 1994 by President Bill Clinton, covered several topics that he said most people seem to know little about or…
Turbulent times: Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talks to a Bryan Series audience about presidential leadership and political turmoil Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin caps off the Guilford College Bryan Series’ six-year run at the Greensboro Coliseum.
Next Guilford College Bryan Series season features a new venue, a new format and a former British prime minister The annual lecture series also has rescheduled appearances by actress Sally Field and novelist Colson Whitehead.
