First lady Laura Bush coming to NC historic site

FLAT ROCK -- The White House says first lady Laura Bush is coming to North Carolina to visit the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site in Flat Rock.

The National Park Foundation has said it plans to present a $50,000 grant to the historic site Monday to expand the park's junior ranger and youth education programs. Laura Bush will be at
the site Monday afternoon.

Carl Sandburg was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and writer. He moved to a North Carolina farm after launching his literary career in the Midwest. He died in 1967, and the historic site now
preserves the Sandburg home.

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