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MotorHome, January 31, 2005
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A Class A motorhome was provided for President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush during this year’s wintry presidential inauguration celebration in Washington D.C., earlier this month. "RV One" and two dozen more RVs, requested by the Presidential Inauguration Committee (PIC), were used during the frigid week of festivities.
The donated motorhomes served as high-tech, climate-controlled headquarters for President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, the White House senior staff, and celebrities such as Ryan Seacrest, Kenny Chesney, Patti LaBelle, Andrea Bocelli, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Hillary Duff, Angie Harmon, Gary Sinise, Rubben Studdard, and The Temptations.
The RVs were equipped with amenities such as side-by-side refrigerators/freezers, gourmet kitchens with Corian countertops, wine cellars, convection ovens, home-theater centers complete with DVD players, satellite TVS with multiple plasma screens and surround-sound speaker systems.
During the three-day celebratory festivities, two RVs were set up at the Washington Convention Center for personal use by the First Couple, and for Vice President and Mrs. Cheney. Twelve RVs were used by performers Hillary Duff and Rubben Studdard at the "America’s Future Rocks Today" youth concert held January 18 at the Washington, D.C. Armory, where more than 10,000 young fans attended the concert.
RVs were also used as VIP holding rooms and staff offices for the "Celebration of Freedom" ceremony, while some RVs were reused as mobile headquarters and holding rooms for other events at various locations.
"When the inauguration committee needed to keep all the dignitaries comfortable during a frigid Washington winter, they turned to the RV industry and the industry delivered," explained Derrick Crandall, president of the American Recreation Coalition (ARC). "RVs played a large role in making the inauguration activities a great success."
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