On his visit to Pittsburgh, President Ford campaigned for re-election, having completed the unfinished term of Richard Nixon, who resigned the presidency in 1974.
Look at the picturesPresident Gerald Ford meets Tony Dorsett and Johnny Majors
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“Pittsburgh welcomed the President and Mrs. Johnson, but the South Side loved him.”
Look at the picturesLBJ in PGH: “I am here to declare war on poverty”
In the years after Johnson declared War on Poverty, poverty rates fell, and America’s poor experienced an increased standard of living.
Check out this fascinating YouTube video of FDR visiting Pittsburgh in 1940.
Look at the picturesPresident Roosevelt visits Pittsburgh in 1939