Former First Lady Laura Bush crosses the brow of the Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne, a 1 75-foot coastal buoy tender homeported in Galveston, Texas to view King Rex, king of the Krewe of Rex and King of Carnival to watch him give his proclamation to the city of New Orleans during Lundi Gras festivities, Feb. 15. (U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson)