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Paula Aubrey, Birmingham

A STAR IS BORN

At time of writing, I am reading the American Revolutionary War article in issue 61 and note the story regarding the number of points the stars should have on the US flag – I’m glad it added “possibly apocryphal”. This triggered a memory of visiting the parish church of Steeple in Dorset.

NO REST IN PEACE Washington the war hero tried to retire to his farm after the conflict – four years later, he was the first US president
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