Three times. Forrest Gump met President Kennedy while a member of the All-American football team. He met President Johnson to receive the Medal of Honor. He met President Nixon to receive an award for player of the year while on the national Table Tennis team.
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Forrest Gump was a movie about a man that encountered many historical events. When Forrest stopped running, it was announced that President Reagan was shot. This happened in 1980.
The city of Greenbow, in the county of Greenbow, as Forrest liked to say, was entirely fictional. Many of the scenes were filmed in Varnville, SC. But as with many movies, there are many different locations used. The character Forrest Gump was well-travelled so a diverse collection of locations were needed.
In the paperback version of Forrest Gump there are 241 pages. The average page contains about 250 words*. If my math is correct Gump has 60,250 words in the entire book. *Depending on font size.
Forrest Gump is not a real person. He was a fictional character in a movie of the same title, but he will always live on in the hearts and minds of many. Tom Hanks, the actor who won an Oscar for playing Forrest Gump, is still alive.
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