When Nixon Met Elvis
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Shortly after dawn on December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley showed up at the White House gates unannounced, carrying a six-page handwritten letter addressed to President Nixon. The Oval Office meeting that followed produced one of the most iconic photographs in American history — and an amazing backstory.
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