George McGovern family obituary
George Stanley McGovern, 90, Sioux Falls, formerly of Mitchell and Avon, died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, at Dougherty Hospice House, Sioux Falls. He was born on July 19, 1922. Funeral services will be at 1...
View ArticleFront page of The Daily Republic, Oct. 22, 2012
Click the link below to see the front page of George McGovern’s hometown newspaper, The Daily Republic, on Oct. 22, 2012, the morning after McGovern’s death. 10-22-12 Daily Republic front page
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Popular image belied man of complex contrasts
The author interviews George McGovern in 2006 at McGovern’s Mitchell home. (Daily Republic file photo by Laura Wehde) Published Oct. 22, 2012, in The Daily Republic By SETH TUPPER The Daily Republic...
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‘He was an icon’: McGovern tributes pour in
George McGovern is pictured in 2006 during the dedication of a Mitchell street in his honor. (Daily Republic file photo by Laura Wehde) Published Oct. 22, 2012 By TOM LAWRENCE The Daily Republic Tom...
View ArticleA man of peace, proud of his service
Published Oct. 26, 2012 By KORRIE WENZEL The Daily Republic George McGovern was a long way from home. Slow, slight and frail, he was wearing jeans and a blazer. It was uptown Mitchell, and I suspected...
View ArticleMore information about George McGovern’s military service
I received the following email from John Meinhold, whose late father Chief Master Sgt. Robert Meinhold served with George McGovern in the Fifteenth Air Force Command. John details some interesting and...
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Young McGovern: Christians, and maybe even Republicans, benefit from fear of...
George McGovern during his college professor days at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell. (Image courtesy of DWU Archives) EDITOR’S NOTE: This column, published Aug. 21, 1952, was part of a series...
View ArticleMcGovern proved big success can start in small places
Published Oct. 30, 2012, in The Daily Republic By JOE GRAVES Superintendent, Mitchell School District One of the many things I have enjoyed about working in this school district over the last...
View ArticleGeorge McGovern Reading Room
George McGovern’s death on Oct. 21, 2012, unleashed an avalanche of media coverage and commentary on his life and legacy. Following are links to some of that coverage. Hometown newspaper coverage The...
View ArticleGeorge S. McGovern and the farmer
Click here for a South Dakota History journal article on “George S. McGovern and the farmer” by historian and Sen. John Thune adviser Jon Lauck.
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