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This week, Scott and Aaron remember the pioneering architect who designed Duke’s West Campus – including Duke Chapel, dedicated this week in 1935. The Lincoln Memorial was also dedicated this week in history, slightly earlier in 1922. And just a couple years after those buildings opened their doors, an Oklahoma City grocer unveiled a new invention that would change retail forever: the shopping cart.

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