Pres. Bush and Frager's Hardware

I meant to blog about this but forgot (partly because I didn't have good photos). Mike Bowers of Bowers Fancy Dairy, the cheese store at Eastern Market, reminded me in an email he sent out...

U.S. President George W. Bush walks around Fragers Hardware store in Southeast Washington May 5, 2006. Bush used his visit to the 86-year-old store to speak on new job figures released on Friday, and the economy. REUTERS/Jason Reed

The Financial Times ran this as a huge photo on the front page of their weekend edition, I think on May 6th.

US President George W. Bush , pictured here with cashier Dora Acevedo (L), an employee at Fragers Hardware Store, in Washington,DC where he made a surprise visit 05 May, 2006, to talk about the economy.(AFP/Tim Sloan)


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