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George W. Bush's Legacy
The legacy of George W. Bush begins in New Haven, Connecticut in the mid-1940s. However, the Bush family left the Northeast to head down south to Midland, Texas, where the former president and father, George. H. W. Bush invested in the oil industry. Son of George H. W. Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush, he is the brother to John “Jeb”, Pauline Robinson “Robin,” Neil Mallon, Marvin P., and Dorothy Walker. There is a museum in Midland, which is dedicated to the preservation of George’s childhood home.
Despite beginning his high school career in Texas, George would graduate from the Phillips Academy in Massachusetts, very similar to his father and grandfather. He was an athlete at heart with little care in regards to his academics. Due to the heavy
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