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I Cannot Help Reflecting That If My Father Had Been American And My Mother British Instead Of The Other Way Around, I Might Have Gotten Here On My Own.

-Winston Churchill

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I Cannot Help Reflecting That If My Father Had Been American And My Mother British Instead Of The Other Way Around, I Might Have Gotten Here On My Own.

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I Built With My Own Hands ... A Large Swimming-pool Which Was Filtered To Limpidity And Could Be Heated To Supplement Our Fickle Sunshine.

The Flags Of The Confederate States Of America Were Very Important And A Matter Of Great Pride To Those Citizens Living In The Confederacy. They Are Also A Matter Of Great Pride For Their Descendants As Part Of Their Heritage And History.

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