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Cheney</h2> [line 00128] [line 00129] <!-- * * * * * * BEGIN MAIN PHOTO * * * * * * --> [line 00130] <div id="main-photo"> [line 00131] [line 00132] <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> [line 00133] <!-- [line 00134] var images = [ [line 00135] ["/news/releases/2007/10/images/20071031-9_v103007db-0015jpg-575v.jpg", δ [line 00136] "/news/releases/2007/10/images/20071031-9_v103007db-0015jpg-772v.html", [line 00137] "Vice President Dick Cheney's Labrador retrievers Jackson, left, and Dave, right, prepare for Halloween, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007, as they sit for a photograph at the Vice President's Residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. Jackson is dressed as Darth Vader, Dave is dressed as Superman. 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Jackson is dressed as Darth Vader, Dave is dressed as Superman. White House photo by David Bohrer" border="0" width="384" height="575"/></a> [line 00165] </noscript> δ [line 00166] [line 00167] [line 00168] <!-- * * * * * * * * * BEGIN PHOTO CAPTION * * * * * * * * * * --> [line 00169] [line 00170] <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> [line 00171] <!-- [line 00172] document.write(lt+"p"+gt+images[photo][2]+lt+"/p"+gt); [line 00173] //--> [line 00174] </script> [line 00175] [line 00176] <noscript><p>Vice President Dick Cheney's Labrador retrievers Jackson, left, and Dave, right, prepare for Halloween, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007, as they sit for a photograph at the Vice President's Residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. Jackson is dressed as Darth Vader, Dave is dressed as Superman. White House photo by David Bohrer</p></noscript> [line 00177] [line 00178] [line 00179] [line 00180] </div> δ [line 00181] [line 00182] <p>Lynne Cheney, wife of <a href="/vicepresident/">Vice President Dick Cheney</a>, has loved history for as long as she can remember, and she has spent much of her professional life writing and speaking about the importance of knowing history and teaching it well.</a></p> [line 00183] <p>As chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 1986 to 1993, she published American Memory, a report that warned about the failure of schools to transmit knowledge of the past to upcoming generations. "A system of education that fails to nurture memory of the past denies its students a great deal," Mrs. Cheney wrote: "the satisfactions of mature thought, an attachment to abiding concerns, a perspective on human existence." Currently, as a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, she particularly emphasizes the value of knowing our nation's history. "One of the important lessons we can learn is that freedom isn't inevitable," she says. "This realization should make the liberty we enjoy all the more important to us, all the more worth defending." </p> [line 00184] <p>Mrs. Cheney has written articles about history for numerous publications on selfics ranging from woman suffrage in the West to the way Americans celebrated the country's centennial. She was a member of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution and served on Texas Governor George W. Bush's education team. She was part of a group that revised Texas standards for the study of history.</p> [line 00185] <p>She is author or co-author of ten books, including <em>Kings of the Hill</em> (second edition, 1996, Simon & Schuster), a book about political figures, among them Henry Clay and Sam Rayburn, who played powerful roles in the House of Representatives. She wrote this book with her husband, who was a Congressman from Wyoming from 1979 to 1989. Mrs. Cheney's 1995 book, <em>Telling the Truth</em> (Simon & Schuster), analyzed the effect of postmodernism on study in the humanities. </p> [line 00186] <p>Mrs. Cheney has written five bestselling books about American history for children and their families, and well over a million copies of these books are in print. The first, <em>America: A Patriotic Primer</em>, released in May 2002, is an alphabet book for children of all ages and their families that celebrates the ideas and ideals that are the foundations of our country. The second, <em>A Is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women</em>, released in September 2003, tells the story of women's contributions to American history. The third, <em> When Washington Crossed the Delaware: A Wintertime Story for Young Patriots</em>, released in October 2004, tells of the dramatic military campaign that began on Christmas night, 1776. The fourth, <em>A Time for Freedom: What Happened When in America</em>, released in October 2005, puts the great events and figures of American history into context and tells the story of freedom in America. Most recently, Mrs. Cheney published <em>Our 50 States: A Family Adventure Across America</em> . Released in October 2006, it is a state-by-state celebration of the cities, historical figures, artists, innovators, and landmarks that together create the wonder that is the United States. <br/> [line 00187] <br/> [line 00188] Mrs. Cheney donates a portion of her proceeds from her children’s books to charity, and one of the recipients has been the James Madison Book Award. </p> [line 00189] <p>Mrs. Cheney announced a new initiative to encourage historical knowledge in April 2003. She launched the James Madison Book Award Fund, which presents a yearly award of ,000 to the book that best represents excellence in bringing knowledge and understanding of American history to young people. The 2006 winner was <em>Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl</em> by Tonya Bolden. </p> [line 00190] <p>Mrs. Cheney earned her Bachelor of Arts degree with highest honors from Colorado College, her Master of Arts from the University of Colorado, and her Ph.D. with a specialization in 19th-Century British literature from the University of Wisconsin. She is the recipient of awards and honorary degrees from numerous colleges and universities.</p> [line 00191] <p>Vice President and Mrs. Cheney were married in 1964. They have two grown daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, three granddaughters, and three grandsons. </p> [line 00192] </p> [line 00193] </div> [line 00194] [line 00195] <!-- * * * * * * * BEGIN RIGHT CONTENT * * * * * * * --> δ [line 00196] [line 00197] <div id="right-cnt"> [line 00198] [line 00199] <div class="feature-box"> [line 00200] <h1>News</h1> [line 00201] [line 00202] <p>September 17, 2007<br/> [line 00203] <a href="/news/releases/2007/09/20070917-8.html">Mrs. Cheney's Remarks to the National Constitution Center Naturalization Ceremony</a> [line 00204] </p> [line 00205] <p>April 17, 2007<br/> [line 00206] <a href="/news/releases/2007/04/20070417-2.html">Mrs. Cheney's Remarks at a Special Naturalization Ceremony</a> [line 00207] </p> [line 00208] <p>May 27, 2006<br/> [line 00209] <a href="/news/releases/2006/05/20060527-3.html">Interview of the Vice President and Mrs. Cheney by KCWY News-13</a> [line 00210] </p> δ [line 00211] <p>May 6, 2006<br/> [line 00212] <a href="/news/releases/2006/05/20060506-3.html">Vice President's Remarks at Mrs. Cheney's Breakfast with Young Kazakhstan Leaders</a> [line 00213] </p> [line 00214] <p>October 21, 2005<br/> [line 00215] <a href="/news/releases/2005/10/20051021-5.html">Mrs. Cheney Delivers Remarks to the Salvation Army Dallas Metroplex Annual Fall Luncheon</a> [line 00216] </p> [line 00217] <p class="rgh-more"><a href="/mrscheney/lc-releases.html" title="Click here for more News, Press Releases and Speeches">more news</a> <span> »</span></p> [line 00218] <img src="images/feature-box-bot.gif" align="bottom" width="188" height="20" alt="" /> [line 00219] </div> [line 00220] [line 00221] <div class="feature-box"> [line 00222] <h1>Photo Gallery</h1> [line 00223] <p><img src="/mrscheney/photoessays/history/images/v050407db-0174-1h.jpg" width="72" height="49" class="left" alt="Celebrating American History" />May 4, 2007<br /><a href="/mrscheney/photoessays/history/peindex.html"> Celebrating American History</a></p> [line 00224] <p><img src="/mrscheney/photoessays/naturalization/images/v041707ls-0316-1h.jpg" width="72" height="49" class="left" alt="Special Naturalization Ceremony" />April 17, 2007<br /><a href="/mrscheney/photoessays/naturalization/peindex.html"> Special Naturalization Ceremony</a></p> [line 00225] <p> </p> δ [line 00226] <p class="rgh-more"><a href="/mrscheney/lc-photos.html" title="Click here to see more photos">more photos</a> <span> »</span></p> [line 00227] <img src="/mrscheney/images/feature-box-bot.gif" align="bottom" width="188" height="20" alt="" /> [line 00228] </div> [line 00229] [line 00230] [line 00231] <div class="feature-box"> [line 00232] <h1>Multimedia</h1> [line 00233] <p><img src="/vicepresident/images/lcheneytour.gif" width="50" height="88" class="left" alt="Mrs. Cheney" /><a href="/history/life/vpresidence.html">Take a tour of the Vice President's Residence</a> at Number One Observatory Circle with Mrs. Lynne Cheney.<br /></p> [line 00234] <p> </p> [line 00235] <p class="rgh-more"> [line 00236] <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> [line 00237] <!-- [line 00238] document.write(lt+"a href=\"#\" onClick=\"javascript:popup('/history/life/vpresidence.v.html','360','330')\" title=\"Video tour of Vice President Residence\""+gt+"watch video"+lt+"/a"+gt+""); 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