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We first visited Reid's Beans, a hip coffee shop.
Herbert Hoover's boyhood home until 10 years of after leaving the Presidency, Herbert Hoover returned to West Branch and began planning his Presidential Library. The portion of the town he lived as a boy was purchased and his boyhood 2-room home was remodeled and replicas of his father's blacksmith shop and his mother's schoolroom were rebuilt. The museum library tells the story of his life. And a remarkable life it is. He truly was a great man.
After becoming the highest paid professional man in the world, he retired from work and spent the rest of his life as a "public servant". He used his extraordinary managerial skills mobilizing volunteer relief efforts which literally saved from starvation millions of men, women, and especially children in Belgium and Russia during World War I, the Mississippi Flood of 1927, etc. He became known as "The Great Humanitarian".
Recognition of these managerial skills eventually won him the White House in a landslide. His Presidency was immediately challenged by the Great Depression. His preference for limited government and volunteer mobilization failed him this time. After losing to FDR and 12 years suffering neglect during the recovery from the Great Depression, he devoted his life to public service, writing books, giving speeches, etc.
After leaving Hoover's memorial, Kathy purchased some heritage tomatoes from a local farmer's market. We then moved on toward Kyle's.
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