Richard Sprague

Obama and Mercer Island

It's been widely reported locally that Barack Obama's mother, Stanley Dunham, spent two years on Mercer Island during high school.  Yesterday's Seattlest blog links to this 2-min Youtube video that includes footage of MI downtown and interviews with two locals.

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