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Perhaps because it resides in Indiana, the United States Vice Presidential Museum devotes an awful lot of space to the Hoosier State’s native son, Dan Quayle.
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On the second floor, you can see a film called “The Quayle Story: The Boy, the Man, the Vice President.”
Nearby, a timeline juxtaposes Quayle history with world history. For instance:
» “D-Day, the allies invade France at the beaches at Normandy — June 6, 1944.”
» “After a massive secret research and development program, U.S. scientists exploded the world’s first atom bomb in New Mexico — July 1945.”
» “James Danforth Quayle was born at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis — Feb. 4, 1947.”
So explains author and commentator Jeremy Lott in his new book, “The Warm Bucket Brigade: The Story of the American Vice Presidency.”
And, notes Lott, that’s not the only prominent place the curators give Quayle. Lott writes that in the men’s room hangs a “large photo of 1980s era Dan Quayle. … Photo Quayle is doing what the Real-Life Quayle would have done here: Looking the other way, making the best of an awkward situation.”
