After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson's bold vision for westward expansion for America.
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Nationality: American Type: Politician Born: July 10, 1958 |
“An author who sets about to depict events of the past that have run their course is suspected of wishing to avoid the problems of the present day, of being, in other words, a reactionary.”
“I grew up in the New Zealand countryside. We didn't have television until I was 14, so sing-alongs were our only entertainment.”