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Editorial: Fun facts about U.S. presidents
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Editorial: Fun facts about U.S. presidents

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Although the February holiday now known as President’s Day — this year on Feb. 19 — is still officially on the books as Washington’s Birthday, it has morphed into a time to remember all 45 men who have led the country. The holidays switched from honoring President George Washington, one of our founders, on his Feb. 22 birthday to Presidents’ Day as part of the 1971 Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which sought to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers.

Oregon Guard helps with Inaugural
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Oregon Guard helps with Inaugural

  • By RAELYNN RICARTE, The Dalles Chronicle
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Fifty members of an Oregon National Guard unit with a presence in the Gorge travelled this week to Washington, D.C. to support the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States.

Trump 45th president
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Trump 45th president

  • Julie Pace, The Associated Press
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WASHINGTON — Pledging to empower America's "forgotten men and women," Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States Friday, taking command of a deeply divided nation and ushering in an unpredictable era in Washington. His victory gives Republicans control of the White House for the first time in eight years.