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Secretary Elizabeth Dixon Reflects on Capitol Years
Dixon recalls thirty years on Capitol Hill from 1940 to 1972. She witnessed FDRs wartime era, Pearl Harbor, Churchill speech, and Kennedy era, plus a snowbound inauguration. She later joined Butler Derrick’s campaign and ran his Aiken office, noting the 12‑month pace of modern politics.
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Elizabeth Dixon
Capitol
Washington, D.C
Dixon
Butler Hare
Mrs. Dixon
Douglas McArthur
Winston Churchill
Congress
Churchill
Windsor
Washington
Ple
Japan
Carl Sandburg
Congressional
John Glenn
John Kennedy
Dixons
Virginia
Hare
James P Richards
South Carolina
Foreign Affairs Committee
Watergate
Capital
Johnston
Butler Derrick
Derrick
Aiken
Capitol Hill
Lynne Katonak