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    Default Re: Happy Independence Day

    Quote Originally Posted by alh_p View Post
    I guess that's not what is celebrated?

    Or do you just think I am barmy/talking ?

    I certainly don't mean to be all Krook about this but as I mentioned above, it's in Simon Schama's book. He's well respected in the UK...

    I also don't seem to be able to find any quick sources online to corrobrate (or contradict) me. If it comes to it, i will type up the section or scan the pages this evening/tomorrow as I don't have the book with me.
    European settlers did all kinds of nasty things in the New World, but booting the Tejanos out of Texas isn't one of them. Tejanos make up ~30% of the Texas population.

    Edit to your edit-> So you get that from a customer review? For one, we didn't have programs against the Cherokee. Pogroms yes, but ENIAC wasn't developed until 1946. And Tejanos != Mexican.
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