North Dakota: Lawrence Welk’s birthplace
Bandleader Lawrence Welk was born into poverty in 1903 in this house on the rural outskirts of Strasburg. The sixth of nine children, he sold himself into ‘slavery’ to his father to pay for his first accordion. He left home at 21, made his television debut in 1955 (and was the host of the Lawrence Welk Show from 1955 until 1982), and never looked back. Although Welk disliked his birthplace, the state of North Dakota considers Welk one of its ‘favorite sons.’
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