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Where Pocahontas married John Smith? Good point about the restrooms  
and parking facilities, tho.

Nancy

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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.

--Daniel Boone



On Feb 1, 2007, at 4:28 PM, John Frederick Fausz wrote:

> The Legislative / Legislature precedent appears to be a somewhat
> dubious distinction of late.
>
> Since History has become just another COMMODITY in our
> materialistic culture, most of the recent wars between the states
> for "firsts" or "bests" translates into TOURIST REVENUE, in a
> society reduced to bumper-sticker "knowledge." (Hey, hon, why
> don't we take the kids to the first permanent English settlement
> this summer--you, know, the one where the colonists taught
> Pocahontas and her raccoon to speak "our" language?)
>
> And everyone knows that most of the Civil War battles were
> fought in National Parks because of the excellent restroom
> facilities and big parking lots that could accommodate the
> artillery and bus loads of troops!
>
> Fred Fausz
> St. Louis
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