Hoover presidential library looks to share story with a new generation

By: Jan Touney|September 21, 2022

|8 min read

WEST BRANCH, Iowa – The bold headline on the front page of the Aug. 12, 1962, edition of the Davenport Times-Democrat was of the size normally saved for catastrophic events.

But it was no catastrophe that greeted newspaper readers of the day.

The headline? IOWA HONORS REVERED SON

Former President Herbert Hoover had come back to his humble roots to celebrate his…

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Hoover presidential library looks to share story with a new generation

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