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Jeff Barker

A daughter of Baltimore, Nancy Pelosi never forgot her ‘beloved hometown’ during long tenure as US House speaker

BALTIMORE — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was moments into a highly anticipated speech about her political future Thursday when she referenced “our beloved hometown of Baltimore.”

Pelosi then gave her U.S. House colleagues a brief history lesson: how she glimpsed the wondrous Capitol dome for the first time while traveling to Washington for the swearing-in of her father, Thomas D’Alesandro Jr., who was a congressman from 1939 to 1947 before becoming Baltimore's mayor.

Pelosi’s brother, Thomas D’Alesandro III, also served as the city's mayor.

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