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New exhibit features Pat O’Day, legendary Seattle DJ and concert promoter

New exhibit features Pat O’Day, legendary Seattle DJ and concert promoter

A profile of Pat O’Day, the legendary Seattle disc jockey and concert promoter, is the latest chapter in Legacy Washington’s overview of 1968 “The Year that Rocked Washington.” Change was in the air. Everywhere. It was the year when Vietnam, civil rights, women’s liberation, and conservation coalesced — and a year when tragedy led the 6 o’clock news with numbing regularity. The Pat O’Day story opens on February 13, 1968, the day Jimi Hendrix returned to Garfield High School, his…

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From the Archives: Nixon goes to 1960 Rose Bowl

From the Archives: Nixon goes to 1960 Rose Bowl

(Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives) As the University of Washington Huskies get ready for their much-anticipated semifinal battle with top-ranked Alabama Saturday at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta, it’s worth taking a peek into the State Archives for any photos related to the Dawgs and past bowl appearances. This shot shows then-Vice President Richard Nixon and his family riding in a convertible inside the Rose Bowl stadium before the 1960 game between Washington and Wisconsin. The Huskies routed the…

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Last survivor of Watergate’s “Saturday Night Massacre” profiled

Last survivor of Watergate’s “Saturday Night Massacre” profiled

William Ruckelshaus with President Nixon. (Photo courtesy of Legacy Washington) Thursday marked the anniversary of a pivotal moment in one of the most shocking political scandals in American history. On Oct. 20, 1973, two key U.S. Justice Department officials resigned their positions rather carry out President Nixon’s order to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox. One of the Justice officials, William Ruckelshaus, is the subject of a compelling profile just launched by Secretary of State Kim Wyman’s Legacy Washington  team….

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