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The Research Room will be closed on Wednesday, December 24; Thursday, December 25; and Friday, December 26, 2025.

The Research Room will close at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 31, 2025. Those wanting to do research on that Wednesday or Friday, January 2, 2026 must have their appointments scheduled by Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. All virtual orientations and researcher paperwork must be completed as well.

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This gallery contains 60 photographs taken on September 11, 2001, when President George W. Bush participated in a reading demonstration at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida, through October 30, 2001 when the President threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Yankee Stadium before Game Three of the World Series. These photos focus on the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the President's leadership during that terrible time in our nation's history.


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9/11: The Steel of American Resolve

The 9/11 terrorist attacks killed 2,977 people and changed the world as we knew it.  President George W. Bush led the national response in the uncertain days after the attacks, comforted a grieving nation, and demonstrated to the world the strength of American resolve.

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