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The Buzz: Nut Tree sign kicks history around a bit

Vacaville's Nut Tree, a famed tourist site that has been recast into a more commercial vein in recent years, has hung a series of banners that highlight celebrities who have visited. One of the banners celebrates "Gov. Richard Nixon, 1962," which doesn't quite square with history. Nixon ran for governor against incumbent Democrat Pat Brown in 1962, only to lose again and famously declare to reporters, "You won't have Nixon to kick around any more, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference … ."

 

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