George W. Bush: “Four years at this Academy have prepared you morally, mentally, and physically for the challenges ahead.”

Mr. Wyeth captured America in his paintings of his native Pennsylvania and Maine.

This is not mere nostalgia, it is the truest version of ourselves.

To you and the honored dead, our country is forever grateful.

We look forward to working with him and the National Archives to build a world-class Presidential library and museum that will be an important resource for scholars and the general public.