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A Birthday Fit for a Duke

President Nixon presented Duke Ellington with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, then did something unexpected.

AMERICAN ARCHIVE

STORIES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE

Classic piano

Flowers

Feather pen

Basketball

Parrot

Plate

Emblen

Pillar

Christmas tree

Slide

Cactus

Disco ball

Hibiscus

Mic

Cake with a candle

Gun hat

Sheep

Paint

Fan

Top hat

Police badge

Cheese

Big cake

Roller

Honey comb

Swim shorts

Ribbon

Swimming goggle

Green

Frame large

Light bulb

Yellow jacket

Baseball

Watch the White House evolve