Our Angel

Starting our trip

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September 4th 2008
Wonderful Joe picked mother and I up and took us to the airport. Getting to the gate was uneventful and we breezed right through to our gate. Flight number AA1794 was very pleasant. The attendant, Rob Hendricks, adopted us. When he found out that we were going to Paris, he gave us two juices in white bags stapled, the El Paso Times (he wanted us to know that it was today’s paper), two magazine ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more