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In November, president Obama should grow a beard to support fund-raising for cancer research (Beardvember)

Created by J.P. on February 16, 2013

Each November, men grow beards to celebrate beardvember. This started out as an internet joke, but rapidly evolved into a campaign for raising cancer awareness, and a fundraiser for cancer research.

No president has worn a beard in office since Harry Truman's goatee on a brief vacation in 1948, and no president since Benjamin Harrison has worn a beard for any sustained amount of time.

President Obama could lend a lot of support to this simple, slightly silly, yet noble cause simply by doing nothing more than neglecting to shave this coming November.

(P.S: Please let him do it, Michelle!)

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