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Betrayed by our Bodies
In a few months my grandmother will turn 98. She has just recently learned the age old lesson that all humans face at one point or another: our body’s betrayal. She has lived an extremely healthy life, only entering the hospital to have her four children. Wearing glasses has been her worst complaint until a…
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Learning History: A Revolutionary September
1 – The Currency Act (1764) 5 – 1st Continental Congress met in Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia. Meeting continued until October 26th (1774) 8 – Battle of Eutaw Springs (1781) 11 – Battle of Brandywine (1777) 15 – British occupy NYC (1776) 19 – Battle of Saratoga at Freeman’s Farm (1777) General Horatio Gates, pompous…