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A toddler playing in the fountain at a park in Santa Fe, New Mexico—Photo LD Lewis. In August, we live through the Dog Days of Summer. It's hot and often humid, and those ...
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International Clown Week began in the United States as a Presidential proclamation by former President Richard Nixon and grew into an international event.
In 1967 Clown Club of America members were urged to write to their congressmen and senators requesting a presidential proclamation naming August 1-7 as National Clown Week.
In 1969, after clowns met with Senator John McClellan of Arkansas, chairman of the Senate subcommittee on Observances and Holidays, a resolution was introduced, and success was finally achieved.
On October 8, 1970, Public Law 91-443 under the 91st Congress, JJR 26 was passed by both the House and Senate and sent to President Nixon for his signature.
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