It seems to be a good practice for every former pr...

It seems to be a good practice for every former president to open his own library and museum. It was built with money from sponsors. The library is located on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

The library houses the archives of Bush. There is also a museum. Following on from Bush's predecessor Bill Clinton, the library is also linked to a policy center. On April 25, 2013, the complex, which also has a golf course, was opened. We only go to the museum.

The first thing you see is a large impressive building. And everything very well taken care of. Hall at the entrance is also immense. Big bigger Biggest. Entire exhibition about the good deeds of Bush jr. Slightly one-sidedly exposed. Anyway, it's his library.

The complete Oval office from the White House has been recreated. You can sit on the (paid) photo behind the desk.

It appears that the day before our visit an exhibition with paintings of Bush was opened. Bush and painting is not a combination that I immediately made up. But it turns out that he took lessons after his presidency and developed into a decent painter.
What is very special is that the exhibition has the theme "Portraits of Courage" and only has paintings of veterans who have been injured in the various wars where America is and has been active. Most paintings are portraits of veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress (or members).

We walk through the exhibition when I get into a conversation with someone who is standing near one of the paintings. I don't immediately notice the parable. But after a few sentences, I realize that the person I am talking to is the person in the painting. It turns out that only today many of the painted veterans are present. The man says that they will cycle with Bush tomorrow to get more attention for the veterans. Apparently this happens every year. Bush is very much in my esteem.

In the meantime, more people have joined and the veteran tells his story. Returned from Iraq mentally confused. He had accidentally shot fellow soldiers. He is now recovered and lives in Sweden. But he says that when the painting was made, he was walking around with suicide plans. The look in his eyes on the painting is indeed very different from that of today. Several listeners stand with tears in their eyes.