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Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray stands at the plate as he takes for a portrait Brentwood Hamilton Field in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, where he played baseball as a child. Mayor Gray, a native of the nation's capital, has a life rooted in baseball. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray offers remarks supporting the project, during the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy groundbreaking ceremony at Fort DuPont Park in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 31, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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President Obama and Helen F. Chavez, widow of Cesar Chavez, places a special red rose at the Chavez grave site in Keene, Calif., on Oct. 8, 2012, as he tours the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument Memorial Garden. (Associated Press)

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Richard Nixon's personalized golf balls and tees are part of a private collection of White House objects to be auctioned Friday. The starting bid for the golf balls and tees is $50. (Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery)

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In September 1988, less than two months before Election Day, Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis took a memorable ride in a new M1-A-1 battle tank. (Associated Press)

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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the National Columbus Memorial and this statue of Christopher Columbus, seen here outside of Union Station in Washington, D.C. on Columbus Day, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. Every year since the statue was erected there has been a ceremony honoring it on Columbus Day. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Two Knights of Columbus greet one another at the base of the National Columbus Memorial outside of Union Station in Washington, D.C. on Columbus Day, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 while others assemble for a ceremony honoring the 100th anniversary of the memorial. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Members of the Knights of Columbus process to the National Columbus Memorial outside of Union Station in Washington, D.C. on Columbus Day, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 for a ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of the memorial. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Members of the Knights of Columbus hold American flags at the base of the National Columbus Memorial with its statue of Christopher Columbus during a ceremony honoring the memorial's 100th anniversary outside of Union Station in Washington, D.C. on Columbus Day, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)