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Welcome Web Guidelines Web Resources Web Tips EMail Tips/Blogs Special Photo Pages Contacts View: Tribute to George and Laura Bush   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 Click on topics to advance ▪  State Photos with Mrs. Bush ▪  Republican women leaving the hotel ▪  Tea in the East Room of the White House ▪  Scenes from the State Dining Room ▪ Scenes from other Rooms in the White House ▪ Thank you, Mrs. Bush! ▪ Take a virtual tour of the White House     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   click on thumbnail photos to enlarge 1. Georgia 2. Oklahoma 3. Virginia 4. Washington 1. GA: India McFarlane, Susan McFarlane, Regent from CA (formerly of GA) Mrs. Bush, Millie Rogers and Bettye Chambers    2. OK: Far left, Linda McCurtain; Gwena Westberry, (both RW of Tulsa) Jeannine Long (NFRW Secretary), First Lady Laura Bush, Phyllis Gorman, Lisa Ziriax and Ruth Finch.  3. VA:  Stephanie Roesner, Rebecca Pick, Frances Mohr, First Lady Laura Bush, Carol Cannon, Edie Stratton and Louise Schickle. 4. WA: Sally Taylor, Jane Aurdal, WFRW President Judy Needles, Mrs. Bush, Lois Dobish, Susan Monchil, Patsy Excell, Kim Cathleen Verde.   5. Wisconsin 6. South Carolina 7. Louisiana   5. WI:  Sue Lynch, Laura Bush, Ruth Johnson, Ginny Marschman     6. SC: Diane Carr, LaDonna Ryggs, Betty Poe, Mrs. Bush, Linda Butler-Johnson, and Glenda Rawlings 7. LA :  Thirty-five members of Franklin Republican Women of LFRW joined NFRW Regents’ Club.  FRW presented largest single club check to NFRW Regents’ Club for the amount of $46,875.00           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 Click on thumbnail photos to enlarge 1. 2. 3. 4. 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 Click on thumbnail photos to enlarge 5. 6. 7. 8. 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. 9. 10. 11. 12.  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 13. 14. 15. 16. 14.  Amy Pierce of Houston, TX and Renee LaForce Harkins of The Woodlands, TX. 15 - 16.  A talented member of the military entertains with piano music while Regents listen. The priceless Steinway grand piano with gilt American eagle supports was designed by Eric Gugler. Scenes from the State Dining Room Click on thumbnail photos to enlarge     16. 17 18. . 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 19. 20. 21. 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 Click on thumbnail photos to enlarge   22. 23. 24. 25. 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. Louisiana: Molly Quinn, Allison Stiel, Sally Stiel and Stacey Stiel, LFRW Young Republican Women, joined NFRW Regents’ Club. Louisiana had by far the largest group attending this tea. 26. 27. 28. 29. 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. 30. 31. 32. 33. 30.  Louisiana: Youngest NFRW Regent, Victoria Barbier, with her grandmother Betty Corbeille, RWC of Jefferson Parish and LFRW member  31.  Louisiana:  LFRW Members, Betty Corbeille, Rose Marie Meehan, Argiro Morgan, and Alice Munger.  LFRW had 41 NFRW Regents’ Club members!   32. Exiting the White House we catch a view of a flowering fruit tree  33. Most recent photo of President Bush endorsing Senator John McCain for President in 2008. 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!  Sign up online:   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   Click here 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     - ◄Back to top of page   Midi Music: America the Beautiful by Margi Harrell Above on site photos and web page by Bettye Chambers, NFRW Web Site Assistance Committee Chairman       Above: NFRW Winning Webs art work by Heidi Roedel, NFRW Website Assistance Committee Visit NFRW Official Website: www.nfrw.org Welcome |  Web Guidelines |  Website Resources |  Web Tips   | EMail Tips/Blogs| Tea at White House | Contacts |

                                                                    
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