Justin wrote: Tomorrow is D-Day, when Allied forces took Normandy Beach. Let's not forget that either.
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My pop was in the U.S. Army. He was driving an ambulance in Normandy in '44. Fortunately, his number didn't come up during WWII. So yeah, I don't forget. And Doug, yeah, I guess the Pequot capitalists have profited out of their historical association with the future generations of those brave settlers, parting fools with their money. Hey, but WE got Manhattan for song!
Regards, Mike B)
--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Jun 5, 2006, at 8:27 AM, Mike Ballard wrote:
>
> > On this day, June 6th 1637, American settlers
> launched a surprise
> > attack on a
> > Pequot Indian camp at Mystic, Connecticut,
> slaughtering or burning
> > alive between 500 and 600 inhabitants.
>
> But now they have this real nice casino
> <http://www.foxwoods.com/>,
> so all is well!
>
> Doug
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