Tue Mar 24, 2015, 12:24 AM

mrmpa (4,033 posts)

Mom got a birthday card from the President and his wife.......

today. Mom will be 85 on April 2. I requested the birthday greeting for her about 2 months ago. It is very nice and speaks to her being from a generation who saw much and did much for this country.

I am going to frame the card and envelope.

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Mom got a birthday card from the President and his wife....... (Original post)	mrmpa	Mar 2015	OP
How wonderful for her, my dear mrmpa!	CaliforniaPeggy	Mar 2015	#1
Mom did...........	mrmpa	Mar 2015	#5
Very nice!	elleng	Mar 2015	#2
Wow, I didn't know you could do that.. what an historically sweet gesture for your Mom, mrmpa!	Cha	Mar 2015	#3
Thank you.............	mrmpa	Mar 2015	#6
Sweet.. if had any parents left I would. Maybe I'll request one for myself someday.. :)	Cha	Mar 2015	#7
what a great idea!! thanks for posting about it and Happy Birthday to your Mom!	Tuesday Afternoon	Mar 2015	#4
I remember my mother getting one on her	truegrit44	Mar 2015	#8
My mom got one on her 100th birthday as well,	Hulk	Mar 2015	#9
9 more years to go	dolphinsandtuna	Mar 2015	#10
from your moouth to God's ears....eom	mrmpa	Mar 2015	#12
Happy Birthday to your Mom.	Dont call me Shirley	Mar 2015	#11
Thank you....	mrmpa	Mar 2015	#13
...	Dont call me Shirley	Mar 2015	#14
I didn't know you could do this...	awoke_in_2003	Mar 2015	#15

Response to mrmpa (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 12:39 AM

CaliforniaPeggy (145,026 posts)

1. How wonderful for her, my dear mrmpa!

I imagine she's pretty happy!

Or have you shown it to her yet?

Early Happy Birthday to your mom!

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Tue Mar 24, 2015, 01:07 AM

mrmpa (4,033 posts)

5. Mom did...........

open it. She was very happy. I told her I had requested it for her, because she was a bit confused on how she go it. It's siting on a tablein the living room. When neighbors stop by she will definately show it off.

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Tue Mar 24, 2015, 12:51 AM

elleng (122,935 posts)

2. Very nice!

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Tue Mar 24, 2015, 12:59 AM

Cha (283,952 posts)

3. Wow, I didn't know you could do that.. what an historically sweet gesture for your Mom, mrmpa!

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Tue Mar 24, 2015, 01:09 AM

mrmpa (4,033 posts)

6. Thank you.............

you can request these cards for birthdays 80 on up, for 50th wedding anniversaries and other celebrations. Just go to whitehouse.gov and locate the link for requesting cards/greetings. I think that the white house asks that you make the request at least 6 weeks beforet the date you'd like it.

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Tue Mar 24, 2015, 01:30 AM

Cha (283,952 posts)

7. Sweet.. if had any parents left I would. Maybe I'll request one for myself someday.. :)

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Tue Mar 24, 2015, 01:02 AM

Tuesday Afternoon (56,912 posts)

4. what a great idea!! thanks for posting about it and Happy Birthday to your Mom!

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Tue Mar 24, 2015, 01:51 AM

truegrit44 (332 posts)

8. I remember my mother getting one on her

90th bd. A niece of hers had it sent, niece is a total right wing nut and my mother was a total liberal democratic. Well, it was when Bush was in office and my mother tore it up instantly, LOL!

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Tue Mar 24, 2015, 02:45 AM

Hulk (6,699 posts)

9. My mom got one on her 100th birthday as well,

..and she was thrilled! She loved that Obama became our President, and had his birthday card in her room until she passed away last year.
I'm sure W would have sent one too, but it would have hit the round file after she saw who it was from.

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Tue Mar 24, 2015, 08:15 AM

dolphinsandtuna (231 posts)

10. 9 more years to go

With luck maybe Biden will send me one.

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Tue Mar 24, 2015, 03:50 PM

mrmpa (4,033 posts)

12. from your moouth to God's ears....eom

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Tue Mar 24, 2015, 01:20 PM

Dont call me Shirley (10,998 posts)

11. Happy Birthday to your Mom.

What a wonderful child you are!

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Response to Dont call me Shirley (Reply #11)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 03:53 PM

mrmpa (4,033 posts)

13. Thank you....

yesterday I took her about an hour north to a small college (very, very Christian and conservative) only because they had an exhibit of WWII original posters.

An archivist found them sitting in a locked drawer in their original envelopes never opened in 70 + years. She found 175 and they exhibited 40 of them.

Mom really enjoyed her day, culminating with the birthday card in our mailbox when we returned home.

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Tue Mar 24, 2015, 04:00 PM

Dont call me Shirley (10,998 posts)

14. ...

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Response to mrmpa (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 10:07 PM

awoke_in_2003 (34,582 posts)

15. I didn't know you could do this...

I would have requested one for mine on 25FEB

on edit: my granddaughter is 2 in October- I think I am going to try to make it happen.

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