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Landon Chronicles (1903): Origin of Kenneth Landon's Middle Name (hour 1, clip 1)

 Digital Record
Identifier: LC01-01

Dates

  • Digitized: 1903

Creator

Summary Note

Kenneth explains the origin of his middle name, "Perry", which he got from a "collateral" relative, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. he sings a song about the Commodore and recalls how, at age thirteen, his father took him to see the great picture on Perry at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Length 1:22)

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