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Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2001
Contents:
Exchange With Reporters at the Jefferson Memorial,
July 2, 2001
Fourth of July
Q. What’s the occasion, Mr. President?
The President. Wanted to come over. We’re looking right out our window every day at the Jefferson. It’s a beautiful day—wanted to come over and begin the beginning of the Fourth of July celebration here at the Jefferson Memorial. It’s an opportunity to say hello to some of our fellow Americans.
Q. What does the Fourth mean to you, Mr. President?
The President. Well, it’s an unimaginable honor to be the President, during the Fourth of July, of this country. It means what these words say, for starters. The great inalienable rights of our country. We’re blessed with such values in America. And I—it’s—I’m a proud man to be the Nation based upon such wonderful values.
I can’t tell you what it’s like to be in Europe, for example, to be talking about the greatness of America. But the true greatness of America are the people. And it’s another reason we’re here, is to be able to say hello to some of our fellow Americans who are here to celebrate.
It’s good to see everybody. John [John Berman, ABC News], when are you getting married?
Q. Three weeks, sir.
Note: The exchange began at 3:40 p.m. A tape was not available for verification of the content of this exchange.
Contents:
Chicago:
George W. Bush, "Exchange With Reporters at the Jefferson Memorial, July 2, 2001," Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2001 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, July 6, 2001 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001), 37:1006 Original Sources, accessed July 15, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UJMVV1USGFUN5NM.
MLA:
Bush, George W. "Exchange With Reporters at the Jefferson Memorial, July 2, 2001." Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2001, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, July 6, 2001 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001), 37:1006, Original Sources. 15 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UJMVV1USGFUN5NM.
Harvard:
Bush, GW, 'Exchange With Reporters at the Jefferson Memorial, July 2, 2001' in Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2001. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, July 6, 2001 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001), 37:1006. Original Sources, retrieved 15 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UJMVV1USGFUN5NM.
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