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dvader
You'd think the headline would have been bigger...

Added to South Boston Paper Announces The Surrender... - spotlight

27 Jul 2007
dvader
It would have been more interesting if he had fought for the Union though :)

Added to Robert E. Lee Jr's Confederate Service Record - spotlight

27 Jul 2007
dvader
I wonder if the Empire had given the Colonies more power/independence under the Empire if the US would have never existed. It seems a common pattern in history that the harder…

Added to Growing Tension - spotlight

18 Jul 2007
dvader
Too bad there isn't better detail of the sword.

Added to A real samurai from the Mathew Brady... - spotlight

18 Jul 2007
dvader
I'm sure fuses were short and tempers flared often that summer. Heat, exhaustion and constant suspicion can do that to you. It's amazing that the US was ever formed, let along…

Added to Continental Congress Bickering - Footnote Page

18 Jul 2007
dvader
What was the voting age before? Was it not specified?

Added to Right Voting Age - spotlight

18 Jul 2007
dvader
If that is true, are term limits necessary in today's world? I suppose that they allow a President to work his second term instead of worrying about reelection, but is he less…

Added to Limit of Two Terms - spotlight

18 Jul 2007
dvader
It is interesting that in light of this that many people in the South continue to fly the Confederate flag (which, of course, is their right).

Added to Cordial Respect Given - spotlight

18 Jul 2007
dvader
The Constitution states in Article I section 3: "The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally…

Added to Page 2 - image, found in American Milestone Documents

18 Jul 2007
dvader
The motivation for coming to the United States hasn't really changed. Poverty in other countries is very relevant to immigration issues today.

Added to Voyage of an Italian - Footnote Page

11 Jun 2007
dvader

The continuation of the quote is "Even if the work is done, then it is still each person’s responsibility to study and become acquainted with his ancestors."

I think…

Added to Genealogy Jumpstart - Footnote Page

23 May 2007
dvader
eliz has a story page about this http://www.footnote.com/page/373/

Added to Page 2 - image, found in News - Gazette Virginian (Halifax Co VA)

05 Mar 2007
dvader
Well, ducks are pretty big in Oregon. The University or Oregon's mascot is the ducks so it's possible that she was from that school. Either that or it was just a publicity…

Added to A Beauty Pageant for the Ducks - Footnote Page

05 Mar 2007

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