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- ... that Lucy Westlake summited the highest peak of each of the 48 contiguous U.S. states by age 12?
- ... that The Red Moon was the first Broadway show to depict alliances between African Americans and Native Americans?
- ... that the Circleville Pumpkin Show, the oldest pumpkin show in the United States, has been selecting a Miss Pumpkin since 1933?
- ... that on the Juneteenth flag, designed by Ben Haith to celebrate freedom and the end of slavery in the United States, the nova represents a new beginning for all?
- ... that Patsy Cline's cover of Willie Nelson's "Crazy" was the all-time most played song in jukeboxes in the United States, 35 years after its release?
- ... that after his soccer career, Steve Palacios enlisted in the United States Army and played for the United States Armed Forces soccer team?
- ... that United States Army captain John L. Chapin's company once boycotted a burger restaurant in El Paso, Texas, for discrimination?
- ... that the only stained glass exported to the United States by Barton, Kinder and Alderson had to pay import duty, unlike much artwork in places of worship, because of its low cost-to-size ratio?
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The cuisine of New York City comprises many cuisines belonging to various ethnic groups that have entered the United States through the city. Almost all ethnic cuisines are well represented in New York, both within and outside the various ethnic neighborhoods. (Full article...)
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- ...that the Liberty ship SS George Washington Carver, (pictured) the second named for an African American, was sponsored by singer Lena Horne and constructed in 42 days from start to delivery?
- ...that Jacob Piatt Dunn in 1886 wrote the first scholarly history concerning the Indian Wars?
- ...that the Delaware at-large congressional district is the oldest congressional district in the country?
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