October 14, 2024
Tag: On the Line
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On the Line: The Canada-U.S. Boundary in Postcards
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For many Americans and Canadians alike, the border between our two nations is our first international border-crossing experience. I remember my first crossing; all I had to do was tell the agent where I was born. It’s more complicated today, but here is a postcard account of what it was like years ago.
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February 28, 2021 5 Comments
Robin Hood was not the only legendary individual to live in Sherwood Forest. America’s 10th president – John Tyler – did too. But unlike Robin Hood, Tyler was never much of a hero; he had few friends and his neighbors despised him. When he died no one outside his family seemed to care.