A small Minnesota community is making efforts to preserve an important piece of American political history by seeking federal recognition for a former vice president’s boyhood residence.
Community supporters in Elmore, Minnesota are pushing to have the childhood residence of the late Walter Mondale included on the National Register of Historic Places. The former vice president grew up in this small town before going on to serve under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981.
Local preservationists believe the residence deserves official historical designation due to its connection to Mondale, who also served as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1984.
