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Milking a Cow on the Capitol Grounds: An Odd Story from the Early 20th Century

This is an odd story from the early 20th century. Learn about the curious incident of milking a cow on the Capitol grounds and find out why it happened in this blog post!

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milking a cow on the Capitol grounds
milking a cow on the Capitol grounds

This is an odd one. Milking a cow on the Capitol grounds, and broadcasting it?

milking a cow on the Capitol grounds
milking a cow on the Capitol grounds

Source: Library of Congress

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Topics1900s · Capitol Building

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