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“Watergate, Mohu, and Mrs. Graham”
Aug 5, 2009
By: ssmith

This is a week of reflection for me going back in memory to the summer of 1974. I’ve waited thirty-five years to tell this story linking historic American political events, my proximity to them, and a great American woman, Katharine Graham. Known by year-round residents as simply the “Island,” the high-end real estate on Martha’s Vineyard’s was happliy […]

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Relearning Our American History
Jul 7, 2009
By: ssmith

I’m checking in to let everyone know that I’ve been in PA for the long holiday weekend; my family held its annual summer reunion over the Fourth of July. Has anyone ever heard of “Revolutionary War Re-enactments”? Two of my brothers-in-law, Robert Scordia & Paul Beck, are members of the GLOVER’S MARBLEHEAD REGIMENT. Over the weekend […]

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