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AI6YR Ben Jul 4, 2024

The verses of This Land Is Your Land which you didn't learn in elementary school, and which are almost never sung (certainly not in the elementary school where I learned the song):

"As I went walking I saw a sign there,
And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
But on the other side it didn't say nothing.
That side was made for you and me.

In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?"

https://www.woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/This_Land.htm

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"This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie

WoodyGuthrie.org

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Angie Jul 4, 2024

@ai6yr

Weird Fact: Our airport is named after a man who died in a plane crash (Will Rogers). In order to get to arrivals and departures, you must cross a road named after a woman who died in a plane crash (Amelia Earhart).

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Rachel Rawlings Jul 4, 2024

@angiebaby @ai6yr Could be worse. The main road to our airport is still named after a nazi (Charles Lindbergh).

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AI6YR Ben Jul 4, 2024

@LinuxAndYarn @angiebaby Gah! I hadn't read all that about Lindbergh being a Nazi!!!! 😱

"The America First Committee, whose spokesperson was Charles Lindbergh, was founded in 1940 to support American isolation and Nazi appeasement. Lindbergh crossed the country to hold rallies that blamed Roosevelt and American Jews for pushing the country closer to war. "

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/american-nazism-and-madison-square-garden

American Nazism and Madison Square Garden | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans

Before World War II, the German-American Bund was one of the most successful pro-Nazi organizations in the United States. On February 20, 1939, American Nazis gathered at Madison Square Garden for a mass rally for “true Americanism.”

The National WWII Museum | New Orleans

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Estarriol, Terrorist Dragon

@ai6yr @LinuxAndYarn @angiebaby had Hitler not declared war on USA in support of Japan, the US would not have fought Germany at all. And with that enemy, aid to Britain would have ceased except on a purely cash basis.