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August 14, 2019
August 09, 2019
FIRST PHOTO TAKEN OF THE WHITE HOUSE
Until this photo was taken, only artist renderings were available. A civil engineer, also an immigrant from Wales, John Phumbe took this picture in 1846 during the Polk administration. Polk was our 11th President.
•Phumbe retired in Dubaque, Iowa
August 08, 2019
HERBERT HOOVER VISITING A HOME HE SPENT MANY YEARS IN NEWBERG
Photo of Hoover taken in 1955. He was born in Iowa but spent his younger years in Newberg with foster parents.
SPIRO AGNEW TIMELINE
On this day August 8, 1973 Agnew branded reports as “damned lies
October 10, 1973 the gangster resigned
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