Thank you for this thread. We all have things to cherish and things to confess in our respective family trees and state and national history, but I believe also that the balance is positive. I cannot change the fact that one of my maternal grandfather's ancestors had a big plantation with 300 slaves (all of whom were freed upon his death, per the terms of his will), but I can continue to stand against racism and servitude today.
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069