Washington, Oct. 15 -- Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata issued the following press release:
Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is highlighting American Samoa's Constitution Day, October 17th, and Thursday's 70-year mark of American Samoa's first Samoan governor pictured with the President of the United States for the exchange of the governorship to the first Samoan to hold the office.
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On October 15, 1956, Uifa'atali Governor Peter T. Coleman was pictured with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Interior Secretary Fred Seaton, and departing appointed Governor Richard Lowe.
"This is the 70th anniversary of that historic moment, our American Samoan-born Governor on the day he took office standing with the great President Eise...