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Socks appeal: Bush Sr. library makes colorful 89th birthday request

Finally: A reason to delve into the depths of your sock drawer!In honor of former President George H. W. Bush’s 89th birthday on Wednesday, June 12, the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation has asked folks to snap a picture of their favorite colorful socks and post them online.Birthday well wishers can upload photos of their covered tootsies via Facebook and Twitter using the hashtag #41s
DALLAS, TX - APRIL 25:  (L-R) U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, former first lady Barbara Bush, former President George H.W. Bus...
Former President George H.W. Bush, with Barbara Bush, the Obamas and George W. Bush and Laura Bush, shows off some colorful socks at the opening ceremony of the George W. Bush Presidential Center on April 25.Today

Finally: A reason to delve into the depths of your sock drawer!

In honor of former President George H. W. Bush’s 89th birthday on Wednesday, June 12, the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation has asked folks to snap a picture of their favorite colorful socks and post them online.

Birthday well wishers can upload photos of their covered tootsies via Facebook and Twitter using the hashtag #41s89th. The foundation will forward the best and brightest along to the president, who's celebrating in Kennebunkport, Maine, with his family.

Do+you+have+your+colorful+socks+ready+to+wear+this+Wednesday+for+President+Bush's+89th+Birthday?+georgebushfoundation.org/socks

—+Bush+Foundation+(@GB41Foundation)+June+10,+2013+

The 41st president has (quite awesomely) earned a reputation for wearing bright socks; he sported a pink polka dot pair most recently at his son’s presidential library dedication in Dallas.

In an interview last year, Bush told his granddaughter, TODAY correspondent Jenna Bush Hager, that he "likes a good sock." Watch below: