{"id":360349,"date":"2026-07-03T21:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/360349\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T21:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:23:07","slug":"bush-center-offers-free-admission-july-4-with-video-message-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/360349\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush Center offers free admission July 4 with video message \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas is sharing a message from the president as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bushcenter.org\/events-and-exhibits\/bush-center-america-250-celebration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">it celebrates America&#8217;s 250th birthday with free admission and parking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Guests celebrating America\u2019s semiquincentennial at the center will be able to see a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence, special exhibits, and take part in patriotic festivities. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bushcenter.org\/events-and-exhibits\/bush-center-america-250-celebration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Guests will need to reserve tickets<\/a> and register in advance.<\/p>\n<p>As the country prepares for its birthday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bushcenter.org\/publications\/president-george-w-bush-reflects-on-america-at-250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">President Bush reflected<\/a> on what unites Americans and how we can help ensure the next 250 years are America\u2019s strongest yet. In a short conversation posted on the institute&#8217;s website, the 43rd president talked about what July 4th means to him, the 1976 bicentennial, what unites the country and the &#8220;armies of compassion&#8221; he says will help lead America into its next 250 years.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to special exhibits, the Bush Center houses a replica Oval Office, exhibits on Sept. 11, 2001 and an interactive experience in presidential decision-making through the Decision Points Theater.<\/p>\n<p>The George W. Bush Presidential Center is on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas is sharing a message from the president as it celebrates&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[71462,102,104,103,21219],"class_list":["post-360349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-bush-center","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-george-w-bush"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}