Arts & Entertainment

Barbara Bush Tribute Highlights Finale Of Sugar Sand Festival

The 10-day festival featured record crowds.

CLEARWATER, FL -- To pay tribute to the life and legacy of former First Lady Barbara Bush, sculptors at the Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival carved a sculpture of Mrs. Bush in #ClearwaterBeach's sugar sand over the weekend, the final days of the 10-day festival.

Barbara Bush, wife of the 41st president of the United States and mother of the 43rd president, died April 17 at the age of 92.

Despite having to cancel the festival one day due to storms, organizers say the festival April 13-22 attracted record crowds.

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