The Research Room will close at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 24, 2025. Those wanting to do research on that Wednesday or Friday, December 26, 2025 must have their appointments scheduled by Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. All virtual orientations and researcher paperwork must be completed as well.
Thus may that glorious and memorable day be celebrated through America by the sons of freedom, from age to age till time shall be no more.
-- Philadelphia newspaper, 1777
Join the George W. Bush Presidential Library and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in celebrating America's 250th Anniversary on July 4, 2026!
Stay tuned for information about the Library's future events and be sure to check out Declaration250.gov
(P4920-20) View in the National Archives Catalog.