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1957 Video: President Eisenhower opens Washington, D.C. Mosque where Bush spoke six days after 9/11/01

By on December 21, 2012 in General

In 1957 – barely a decade after President Dwight Eisenhower had seen victory against the Nazis – the former General visited the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C. for the mosque’s dedication ceremony.

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Via British Pathe’ (Click on image to see video):

NEWS FLASHES – EISENHOWER OPENS MOSQUE IN WASHINGTON & U-BOAT SALVAGED FROM RIVER SCHLEI

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Here is President George W. Bush at that same Mosque, on September 17, 2001, just six days after 9/11:


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