Former first lady Laura Bush comes to Red Cloud to open new Willa Cather Center
Former first lady Laura Bush comes to Red Cloud to open new Willa Cather Center
Story by Zach Hammack, Lincoln Journal-Star
RED CLOUD — The first letter was sent in September.
Then the next month, another followed.
Red Cloud native Jay Yost had promised former first lady Laura Bush that he would write her a letter each month, asking her to visit the town to help officially open the National Willa Cather Center devoted to the state's most-revered author.
The correspondence worked.
Surrounded Saturday by board members of the Willa Cather Foundation, including Yost, the former first lady cut the ceremonial ribbon at the new center, marking the end of a five-year restoration effort.
The center, which includes a revamped museum, new archival storage and study space, operates in the historic Moon Block building, which stands over the town's brick main street...
