Vintage West Virginia; On This Day in West Virginia History, August 20th

August 20, 2022

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Vintage Buckhannon

On August 20, 1925, Gloria Swanson, who was in New Martinsville filming the movie Stage Struck, had dinner with Governor Howard Gore.

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