I love learning about my ancestors, so I was thrilled the other day when my friend - and cousin - Tommy Bertram gave me this newspaper clipping from 1909.
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Officially, the Continental Congress declared its freedom from Great Britain on July 2, 1776, but after voting to approve it, a draft do...
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