Senator Quentin Burdick presented an invitation to
President Kennedy to attend the Ward County Diamond Jubilee in Minot on
Spetember 2, 1961. The invitation was written on a calf skin and read: The
people of Ward County, North Dakota, cordially invite John F Kennedy, President
of the United States, to attend our Ward County Diamond Jubilee at Minot on Air
Force Day, September 2, 1961…. Signed by W. M. Harrington, mayor of Minot. The
President did not attend.
Minot Memories is a blog that pertains to the city of Minot, ND. It is brief glimpses of people, places, things and events of Minot's past that will provide some insight into the history of Minot. This photo Main Street looking south from the railroad tracks about 1940
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