STEVE VASILAKES, THE WHITE HOUSE'S PEANUT MAN -  WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Published in The National Herald, May 5, 2017 Issue Authored by Steve Frangos TNH Staff Writer ------------------------------ We are excited to announce that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ ----------------------- WASHINGTON —  Νicholas Stefanos “Steve” Vasilakes emigrated from Ligerea, Greece, to the United States in 1910 and soon thereafter set up his hot peanuts and fresh popped popcorn cart on what actually was White House property. He listed his business address as “1732 Pennsylvania Avenue” and reporters observed he came to represent the “little man” in America,  according to www.whitehousehistory.org. He was described as a “burly, fierce mustached Greek” and during World War I he boldly advertised on a h...