First lady focuses on literacy, literary classics in Connecticut visit

“Americans, particularly young people, face so many competing demands for their attention that keep them from discovering good books,” said first lady Laura Bush, who visited The Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, Connecticut to participate in The Big Read, a nationwide initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts. “But it’s important for all Americans to read our country’s literary classics because these works define us as a nation.” Read more of this article from the Hartford Courant.