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Barbara Bush Commemorative Postal Stamp Unveiled at the White House

Melania Trump paid tribute to the former first lady and her 1990 Wellesley College remarks about a future female president.

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Jennifer Taylor
May 10, 2025
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First Lady Melania Trump attends the unveiling of a U.S. Postal Service stamp of former First Lady Barbara Bush in the East Room of the White House on Thursday in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer / AFP via Getty Images)

From the podium in the East Room of the White House, Dorothy Bush Koch on Thursday stood in front of the newly unveiled commemorative United States postal stamp of her mother, former First Lady Barbara Bush, and paused mid-sentence to hold back her tears.

“At just 16 years old, mom met the only man she would ever kiss,” she said of her parents, George H.W. Bush (the 41st president of the United States ) and his wife of 73 years, before choking up.

She went on to finish her sentence explaining how they met at a school dance and two years later were married. That, she said, began a “partnership that would span decades” creating a life encompassing six children, 21 grandchildren, 27 moves, seven wars, three dress sizes, two governors, seven parachute jumps and two pres…

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