On this Date in Minnesota history: July 2

July 2, 2004 – Presidential candidate John Kerry’s Celebrating the Spirit of America Bus Tour stopped in Cloquet, Minn., on this date during the town’s centennial celebration. The candidate “played to the local audience, praising Cloquet’s resilience in rebuilding after the 1918 fire and extolling decades of success by workers at the local paper mill.”

His research staff did their homework, as Kerry even mentioned a “famed Cloquet drive-in restaurant [that] his bus drove past on the way in to town: ‘I could smell the burgers and I could smell the onion rings from Gordy’s Hi-Hat,’” he told the crowd.

It is believed that one of the reasons Kerry stopped in Cloquet was that “three Carlton County soldiers had died in recent months while serving in Iraq.”  He met privately with the families of the three servicemen after his 41-minute speech.  

Duluth News Tribune; “Kerry’s Cloquet visit garnered plenty of support from attendees”; July 3, 2004; pp. 1A & 6A.

John Kerry and bus in Cloquet, Minn.
http://www.4president.org/photos/JohnKerryCloquet.htm

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