Shirts hanging in the entrance of Saxony Gift Imports in Kennebunkport have designs recalling the re-election campaign of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush in 1984, top, and marking President Obama's last day in office, Jan. 20, 2017, bottom. With the Bush family compound on Walker's Point in Kennebunkport, the town has benefited from the tourists that the famous political family draws.
Magnets at Saxony Gift Imports in Kennebunkport mark President Obama's last day in office and Bush 2016, a nod to the expectation that Jeb Bush will soon announce that he is running for president in the 2016 election.
Baseball caps in a Kennebunkport gift shop are adorned with the symbol for the Republican Party and with Bush 2016, a nod to the expectation that Jeb Bush will soon announce his run for president in 2016. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
A wave hits the rocks as Jeff Rice of Tennessee photographs the ocean and the Bush compound at Walker’s Point in Kennebunkport. The Bushes are “a wonderful family. They’ve done a lot for our country,” said Rice, who has done literacy work with Barbara Bush.
Former first lady Barbara Bush uses a walker as she leaves a luncheon at the Kennebunk River Club on her 90th birthday Monday in Kennebunkport. Bush family members, including her son, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who is expected to announce his presidential run next week, are in Kennebunkport for her birthday. Robert F. Bukaty
Monday was Barbara Bush’s 90th birthday, and the Bush children were in town to toast their mother at a party, along with a host of friends.
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