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President Obama Meets with Norman Rockwell Museum Staff at White House

STOCKBRIDGE, MA.- President Barack Obama opened the doors of the White House today for a special meet and greet with Norman Rockwell Museum Director/CEO Laurie Norton Moffatt; Museum President Anne Morgan; and Museum Trustee Ruby Bridges Hall. The meeting was held to celebrate the White House exhibition of Norman Rockwell’s classic 1963 painting “The Problem We All Live With,” which was inspired by Ms. Bridges’ history-changing walk integrating William Frantz Public School in New Orleans on November 14, 1960. President Obama requested the loan of the painting from the permanent collection of Norman Rockwell Museum to honor the fiftieth anniversary of Bridges’ childhood experience.“It was deeply moving to hear President Obama speak with Ruby Bridges about her school experience and Norman Rockwell’s painting,” says Ms. Norton Moffatt. “He acknowledged Ruby’s walk to school and her mo