Records of the Washington State Centennial Commission, 1981-1990 (bulk, 1986-1988).
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Bush, George, 1924-2018
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George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-2018) was Vice President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1992. He was born on June 12, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts, to Dorothy Walker Bush and Prescott Bush (who was a Republican Senator from Connecticut from 1952 to 1962). He graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts on his 18th birthday, June 12, 1942. That same day, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy as a Seaman 2nd Class. Receiving ...
Munro, Ralph
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Mr. Ralph Munro's father, George Alexander Munro, had written in a letter to Ralph Munro of his remembrances that he had about the construction of the stone and marble by the stone-cutters when they were constructing the Capitol Building in Olympia, WA. Mr. George Munro states in his letter, "Your grandpa [referring to Ralph Munro] and a cutter by the name of Williams ... set up the whole job and your Grandpa stayed on for a long time after to do all the trimming and pointing." In t...
Washington Centennial Commission
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The Washington Centennial Commission was established in 1982 by an act of state law with the purpose of organizing, funding, and coordinating events, artworks, and publications in honor of the state's centennial celebration in 1989. Financed with $157 million of state money, the Commission was headed by executive secretary Putnam Barber and co-chaired by First Lady Jean Gardner and secretary of state Ralph Munro. Events were coordinated by a number of Commission committees that addressed special...
