RIP, Bush 41.

[Maroon Eagle]

R.I.P., Mr. President. He spoke at my graduation from MSU in ‘89.

 

[PineGroveBully]

Just saw the news. Talk about a life well lived!

 

[triton28]

My dad and I were there. I was 7 and still
remember it vividly. There’s a nice photo of him online from that speech. I’m just too dumb to figure out how to post it. RiP 41

 

[DAWGS1.sixpack]

Graduated in December of 88 but did the walk in Spring of ‘89 just bc President George Bush was the speaker.
Hot as balls that day, had to walk thru metal detectors into the stadium.
Secret Service guys at each corner of the stadium, upper and lower sections and no telling where else.
Pretty damn special graduation day.

 

[615 Guy]

Hate to lose a bulldog

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[Dawg1976]

He was very good friends with Sonny Montgomery and attended his funeral in Meridian. If I remember right he didn't speak at the funeral because he knew he wouldn't be able to get the words out and Barbara Bush spoke for him.

R.I.P. Pres Bush. Sad news to wake up to.....

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Director of the CIA in the 70's. Lots of secret buried with 41. He does make miss a time that we were a lot better politically.

 

[DawgInThe256]

I was in the same situation. Wasn't planning to walk until Bush was announced. Remember seeing a sniper on top of the M-Club building.

I've got a poor quality recording of the ceremony somewhere. Maybe I'll post it at some point

 

[GTAdawg]

A sitting president spoke at a State graduation ceremony?

 

[Shmuley]

Yes.

 

[G-Dawg]

Graduated in December of 88 but did the walk in Spring of ‘89 just bc President George Bush was the speaker.
Hot as balls that day, had to walk thru metal detectors into the stadium.
Secret Service guys at each corner of the stadium, upper and lower sections and no telling where else.
Pretty damn special graduation day.

I was living in Garner Hall at that time and they made all of us move out of there for a few days before graduation. Can't remember where they moved us, but they wanted secret service to have complete control of that building and the art building and any other that might be in sniper range.

 

[Duke Humphrey]

M-State TV has a great broadcast around his visit and speech

I've got a poor quality recording of the ceremony somewhere. Maybe I'll post it at some point

In addition to the speech and ceremony, they do interviews with many folks who helped make visit possible including Sen Stennis and others. They play it on the m-state tv channel fairly often for those that get that channel.

 

[PineGroveBully]

He spoke at Tupelo's graduation I believe the year before, May 88ish as VP

 

[DawgInThe256]

Here's a video of the 1989 MSU Graduation copied from VHS to DVD to YouTube

https://youtu.be/ZY_Yzq3KI2Q

I'm a newbie to uploading videos, so I hope this works

 

[Mayor of Little London]

He was very good friends with Sonny Montgomery and attended his funeral in Meridian. If I remember right he didn't speak at the funeral because he knew he wouldn't be able to get the words out and Barbara Bush spoke for him.

R.I.P. Pres Bush. Sad news to wake up to.....

I attended Sonny’s public funeral as well (at the Temple Theatre). I remember seeing Barbara getting up to cover President Bush’s part of the program and he was visibly shaken as she spoke and told stories of one of her husbands true best friends. A good bit of the dignitaries were seated on stage (current and former congressmen and governors) and when he started crying, he didn’t stop. I knew they were close but until that day I had no idea he was like family. She also told a story about how the two had given items of clothing from each other’s university to each other over the years and that there was a particular pair of MSU shorts that 41 wore around the house and at one time to play tennis in that he had an attachment to for whatever reason, and wouldn’t let her throw away. She said she was pretty sure he had those shorts on under his suit in Sonny’s honor that day. State fans in attendance began clapping and 41 broke a smile and gave a thumbs up. Liked him before (agreed with most of his political beliefs but certainly not all) but that took it to another level for me.