October 4, 2017
All five living former U.S. presidents are coming to the Texas A&M; University campus this month for a concert benefiting hurricane relief efforts in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the President George H.W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation announced Wednesday. Â
The concert will feature the country music band Alabama, along with Texas musicians Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen and the Gatlin Brothers. It will happen on Oct. 21 at A&M;’s Reed Arena.Â
The elder Bush’s presidential library is on the A&M; campus. Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter will also be in attendance, the elder Bush’s office said. Â
“The 43rd President and I, and our distinguished colleagues in this ‘One America Appeal,’ are very grateful to these wonderful performers — some of them old friends, some of them new — for giving their time and talent to help the urgent cause of hurricane recovery in Texas, Florida and the Caribbean,” George H.W. Bush said in a statement. “It’s important that those affected by these devastating storms know that, even if the path to recovery feels like a road that goes on forever, we’re with them for the long haul.”Â
Tickets for the event can be purchased here. Â
George H.W. Bush is a part-time Houston resident and has been working with the other presidents on relief fundraising since Hurricane Harvey decimated Texas’ largest city. He’s a frequent presence on the A&M; campus, and has brought other presidents to campus in the past for the opening of his library and a volunteering event. Â
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This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at https://www.texastribune.org/2017/10/04/m-host-all-five-living-former-us-presidents-harvey-benefit/.
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