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Written By Tracy E. Gilchrist
Location: Lubbock, TX
Category: | Daily News |
First Daughter Jenna Bush will tie the knot in a hush hush ceremony at the Bush family ranch in Crawford, Texas on Saturday, becoming only the second presidential daughter to wed in nearly 40 years.
But for her wedding, Jenna, unlike Tricia Nixon’s opulent White House wedding in 1971, opted to say, “I do,” back at the ranch.
"She just wanted to get married at home. She just feels a lot more comfortable there," said first lady Laura Bush. "And it will be really beautiful."
Father of the Bride, President George Bush left Washington D.C. and headed to Texas Thursday for a weekend chock-full of nuptial-related events, beginning with a rehearsal dinner Friday and a barbecue lunch and the wedding ceremony Saturday.
President Bush will walk Jenna,26, down the aisle to wed her fiancé, Richmond Virginia native Harry Hager, 30, who once worked for her father’s former deputy chief of staff. Hager’s father is tobacco executive John Hager, chairman of the Virginia Republican Party and a former lieutenant governor.
The couple met while working on Bush's 2004 re-election campaign and Hager proposed last summer after asking the president for her hand.
"So the guy comes to see me, and he says, 'I want to marry your daughter,'" Bush recalled recently. "I said, 'Done deal.' "
Jenna’s fraternal twin sister Barbara will be at her side as her maid of honor.
The bride chose an Oscar de la Renta design for her wedding gown. And Jenna opted for a customary Texas style wedding in which a "house party" of 14 women will act as bridesmaids who are guests of honor but with no role in the ceremony, according to the first lady’s office.
More than 200 guests are slated to attend wedding festivities at the ranch, which Jenna chose not only for privacy but also as a theme for her special day.
But the private ceremony will remain just that according to a spokesman.
There will be absolutely no readout of the wedding, whatsoever," White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe told reporters Thursday. "This really is a private event for the family."
A former wild-child who made head-lines for under-aged drinking and for sticking her tongue out at a reporter at a press conference in 2004, Jenna’s settling down is another step in her evolving identity. She’s recently taken time out from working as a schoolteacher to act as an intern for UNICEF and she’s authored two children’s books.
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