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Frank Buckles, last surviving U.S. World War I veteran, dies

    Frank Buckles, who was one of Jefferson County’s most famous citizens and was the last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, died Sunday, according to a spokeswoman for a Washington, D.C., funeral home where Buckles’ body was being held Sunday night. via Frank Buckles, last surviving U.S. World War I veteran, dies …

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28 Days of Ronald Reagan – Day 12

  General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev — Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin Germany, June 12, 1987 Ronald Wilson Reagan …

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