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| Last updated on August 8, 2025
Republican presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey waves to the camera during a campaign stop at Providence, R.I., in October 1948.
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Is he waving or dodging a tomato? If you don’t recall that interesting tale read “The President Travels by Train”, by Bob Withers, regardless of politics the story should bring a smile.