american-revolution
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While having breakfast in Kansas City, everyone was watching the news. The film of the riots in Los Angeles and the National Guard’s use of tear gas was causing some consternation. I was chatting to a couple of people about the news, as we are heading West, but fortunately, not to Los Angeles. What strikes
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On our way to St. Louis we stopped off at Vincennes. The town is one of the oldest in the Ohio Valley, founded in 1732 by French military officer François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes. It was established as a French trading post along the Wabash River, it served as a strategic location for trade and
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