Digest>Mar/Apr 2019

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The old civil war cannons on the outer battery of Fort Wood were fired to summon the doctor from Manhattan to help with the delivery of Liberty Miller on the evening of July 4, 1893 because the post doctor was “gloriously drunk” that night and unable to offer any assistance. (Rand McNally)
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Raised in Liberty’s Light
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