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The House on the Knoll and the Senator’s Secret
In early Washington, Senator Strate opposed a Library of Congress move yet backed a park site after a hidden tale emerged. Buffum recalls a secret tied to Col John Calder and Grace Calder, a disappearance, and a grim confession that alters the Senate’s project and a city’s memory.
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