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Sculpture in Houston, Texas, U.S.

George H. W. Bush Monument
The statue in 2007

29°45′54.1″N 95°21′57.7″W / 29.765028°N 95.366028°W / 29.765028; -95.366028
Location	Houston, Texas, U.S.

The George H. W. Bush Monument, also known as the President Bush Monument, is an 8-foot (2.4 m) bronze statue of George H. W. Bush in Houston's Sesquicentennial Park, in the U.S. state of Texas.

The monument was designed by Chas Fagan. The wider project included a plaza and a wall with four reliefs depicting events of Bush's career, sculpted by Willy Wang. The privately funded project cost $1.7million and was led by David B. Jones and local immigration lawyer Charles Foster. It was unveiled in December 2004.

References

"Civc Art: President Bush Monument". City of Houston. Archived from the original on May 16, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
"George H.W. Bush Monument". Houston Downtown Management District. Archived from the original on June 20, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
"Houston readies tribute to ex-President Bush". Austin American-Statesman. November 15, 2004. Archived from the original on October 6, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.

George H. W. Bush

41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
43rd Vice President of the United States (1981–1989)
Director of Central Intelligence (1976–1977)
UN Ambassador (1971–1973)
U.S. Representative for TX–7 (1967–1971)

Presidency

Life

Speeches

Joint session of Congress (1989)
State of the Union addresses
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
Chicken Kiev

Elections

U.S. Senate	1964 1970
U.S. House	1966 1968
Vice Presidential	1980 campaign selection convention election transition 1984 campaign convention election
Presidential	1980 campaign primaries 1988 campaign primaries running mate selection convention "a thousand points of light" "Read my lips: no new taxes" debates election 1992 campaign primaries convention debates election Clinton transition