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- Born: ca.1928
- Daughter: Carla Hargrove McGillWashington Business Journal: A Conversation With Earl Hargrove (January 7, 2005)
- Retired as the Hargrove Inc. and sold business to his daughter
- Earl C. Hargrove Jr. founded Hargrove in 1946 with his fatherWashington Business Journal: A Conversation With Earl Hargrove (January 7, 2005)
- Started Hargrove Inc. as a window dressing company specializing in retail storesWashington Business Journal: A Conversation With Earl Hargrove (January 7, 2005)
- Hargrove Inc. soon went on to get contracts for designing floats for paradesWashington Business Journal: A Conversation With Earl Hargrove (January 7, 2005)
- First inaugural event was the inauguration of President of Harry S. Truman in 1949Washington Business Journal: A Conversation With Earl Hargrove (January 7, 2005)
- Hargrove's parade floats incorporate some aspect of the newly inaugurated president's lifeABC News: Person of the Week: Earl Hargrove (January 21, 2005)
- President Eisenhower's float featured a golf themeABC News: Person of the Week: Earl Hargrove (January 21, 2005)
- President John F. Kennedy's float had a replica of the U.S. Navy patrol boat that he served on in World War IIABC News: Person of the Week: Earl Hargrove (January 21, 2005)
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Earl C. Hargrove Jr. is the former owner of Hargrove Inc., a Lanham, Maryland, event planning company. His daughter Carla Hargrove McGill now owns Hargrove Inc.WashingtonPost.com: Hargrove Keeps Job as Presidential Party Host (December 30, 2008) Hargrove's company has overseen the planning of every Presidential Inaugural since 1949, starting with the President Harry S. Truman's inauguration. Hargrove started the business, which was originally a window decorating business, in 1946 with his father after World War II.
In 2009, Hargrove Inc. was the general contractor for President Barack Obama's Inaugural Committee.NBC Washington: Lanham Contractor Building Another Inauguration (January 8, 2009)
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Earl Hargrove Quote
"We were supposed to make a right on 16th Street ... and go up and make the left in front of the White House. We got ready to make that turn up there, and the mules decided they didn't want to go right, they wanted to go left, and what a damn mess we had on our hands getting that thing straightened out."—Earl Hargrove talking about Harry S. Truman's inaugurationNBC Washington: Lanham Contractor Building Another Inauguration (January 8, 2009) -
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