Editor’s note: A previous version of this article stated that President Nixon resigned on August 8, 1974.
This appears in our August 2015 issue of Washingtonian.
The Weird and Wild History of August in DC
Editor’s note: A previous version of this article stated that President Nixon resigned on August 8, 1974.
This appears in our August 2015 issue of Washingtonian.
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