A collection that numbers in the thousands at the Champ Clark Home keeps getting bigger.
Several items have been donated recently to the Bowling Green museum, which is known as Honey Shuck for the locust trees in the yard. Clark was a Pike County lawyer and served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919. The contributions include a guest pass to the 1912 Democratic National Convention in Baltimore. Clark was the leading candidate for the presidential nomination. He eventually lost to Woodrow Wilson.Other donated items include dinnerware, cigar boxes and labels. All will be on display with other memorabilia when Honey Shuck opens for the season with a reception from 9 to 11 a.m. June 5th.
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