[SFDXA] The Golden Key

[Bill]

This is from the CWops reflector:
-Bill W2CQ


The key with JFK in the photo is the one he used to open the 1962 
Seattle world's fair. See

https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKWHP/1962/Month%2004/Day%2021/JFKWHP-1962-04-21-A


"The gold telegraph key used by President John F. Kennedy to open the 
1962 Seattle World's Fair (also known as the Century 21 Exposition) sits 
next to a telephone on a patio table at the residence of C. Michael Paul 
in Palm Beach, Florida. President Kennedy delivered remarks by telephone 
and pressed the telegraph key to open the fair via satellite signal from 
Palm Beach."


In 1909, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle was opened (not 
sure exactly how) by President Taft with the same key:


"President Taft opened the fair from Washington D.C. by pressing a 
nugget-encrusted telegraph key. Set on a slab of Alaskan marble, the key 
was a gift from George Carmack, who staked the Discovery claim that 
started the Klondike Gold Rush. The 22 nuggets were from the first two 
pans of gravel he washed on Rabbit Creek, soon to be known around the 
world as Bonanza."


"The golden key, as it was named, was used by seven presidents over the 
next 60 years to open many expensive public works. Fifty-three years 
after being pressed by Taft, Carmack’s key was used by President Kennedy 
to open Century 21, the Seattle World’s Fair."


Also See:

https://www.yukon-news.com/letters-opinions/the-yukon-nearly-missed-the-alaska-yukon-pacific-exposition/

Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
Formerly K2VCO

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