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135. I should have written to him since he was still alive in 1963

Tue May 1, 2018, 03:04 PM

May 2018

That was some year for America. The MLK march, the Beatles emerge, then Kennedy's assassination and so much more. Lots to make an impression on a 16 year old turning 17.
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