Project: USS Midway Museum: San Diego, California
Caption: Scott McGaugh, Mac McLaughlin, Mrs. Laura Bush

Project: USS Midway Museum: San Diego, California
Caption: The Midway Museum, only two miles from the airport and convention center, has galvanized the continued revitalization of downtown San Diego. (Photo courtesy USS Midway Museum)

Project: USS Midway Museum: San Diego, California
Caption: Active-duty U.S. Navy events are held on the USS Midway Museum's flight deck. Museum visitors have the opportunity to see re-enlistments, officer retirements and even change-of-command ceremonies. (Photo courtesy USS Midway Museum)

Project: USS Midway Museum: San Diego, California
Caption: More than 300 volunteers are active aboard Midway, many of them preserving our cultural heritage by sharing personal stories with younger generations. (Photo courtesy USS Midway Museum)

Project: USS Midway Museum: San Diego, California
Caption: In two short years the USS Midway Museum has become the world’s most-visited historic floating ship museum and a unique example of 20th century naval aviation heritage. (Photo courtesy USS Midway Museum)

Project: Natchitoches-Cane River Region Heritage Tourism: Louisiana
Caption: Nancy Morgan, Mayor Wayne McCullen, Mrs. Laura Bush

Project: Natchitoches-Cane River Region Heritage Tourism: Louisiana
Caption: Natchitoches has celebrated the annual Festival of Lights every December since 1926. Today the event brings in more than 500,000 people during the month of December. (Photo by Greg Diamond)

Project: Natchitoches-Cane River Region Heritage Tourism: Louisiana
Caption: The City of Natchitoches was established in 1714 and is the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase territory. Historic Front Street, shown here, is part of the commercial heart of the 33-block National Historic Landmark District. (Photo by Mark Bills)

Project: Downtown St. Louis Revitalization: Missouri
Caption: John Steffen, Craig Heller, Mrs. Laura Bush

Project: Downtown St. Louis Revitalization: Missouri
Caption: Constructed as a Merchandise Mart in 1913, the 10th Street Lofts have been renovated to provide contemporary residential, office, and retail space. (Photo courtesy LoftWorks, LLC)

Project: Downtown St. Louis Revitalization: Missouri
Caption: Brevé, a coffee shop on the first floor of 10th Street Lofts. (Photo courtesy LoftWorks, LLC)

Project: Downtown St. Louis Revitalization: Missouri
Caption: The lobby of the Paul Brown building (1926), which has 222 apartments, 130 parking spaces, 20,000 square feet of retail space, and 40 percent affordable apartment units. (Photo courtesy Pyramid Companies)

Project: Downtown St. Louis Revitalization: Missouri
Caption: The National Register-listed Paul Brown building, constructed in 1926 and situated between Olive and Pine streets, downtown St. Louis, cost more than $53 million to rehabilitate for contemporary use. (Photo courtesy Pyramid Companies)

Project: Downtown St. Louis Revitalization: Missouri
Caption: This photo shows details of the ornate terra cotta and plaster tile exterior of the 1926 Paul Brown building. (Photo courtesy Pyramid Companies)

Project: Downtown St. Louis Revitalization: Missouri
Caption: Bell Lofts is home to Downtown’s only grocery store—City Grocers. (Photo courtesy LoftWorks, LLC)

Project: The History Channel, Save Our History: Nationwide and New York City
Caption: Nancy Dubuc, Abbe Raven, Mrs. Laura Bush

Project: The History Channel, Save Our History: Nationwide and New York City
Caption: Save Our History sponsored the creation of the NYC Heritage Tourism Center as a visitors’ center and gateway to historic sites citywide. The Center, open seven days, provides free maps, guides and information, and is a launching point for walking tours of sites such as the African Burial Ground, City Hall, Tweed Courthouse, Brooklyn Bridge, and St. Paul’s Chapel. (Photo courtesy of Save Our History/The History Channel)

Project: The History Channel, Save Our History: Nationwide and New York City
Caption: Students and teachers in Galveston, Texas, as a part of their Save Our History grant project, helped to restore the Frank Bell Sr. home, the last original historical structure within The Settlement, which was a self-sufficient African American community settled between 1870 and 1880 by a pioneer group of Chisholm Trail Black Cowboys and their families. (Photo courtesy of Save Our History/The History Channel)

Project: The History Channel, Save Our History: Nationwide and New York City
Caption: Students from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania take part in an archaeological dig as part of their Save Our History project on the grounds of a former Underground railroad stop at what is now the historic Johnson House site. (Photo courtesy of Save Our History/The History Channel)

Project: The History Channel, Save Our History: Nationwide and New York City
Caption: Students from Buenaventura, California help preserve the perimeter walls of the Olivas Adobe, one of the few remaining Monterey style adobes from the Gold Rush era. (Photo courtesy of Save Our History/The History Channel)