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From: Mike <>
Subject: [BronxRoots] Today...
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 08:09:03 -0600


[ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ]

On this day, Nov 11, in …

* 1620, 41 Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, anchored off
Massachusetts, signed a compact calling for a "body politick."

* 1918, fighting in World War I came to an end with the signing of
an armistice between the Allies and Germany.

* 1921, President Harding dedicated the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
in Arlington National Cemetery.

* 1993, a bronze statue honoring the more than 11,000 American women
who served in the Vietnam War was dedicated in Washington, D.C.

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