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Democrats Abroad- Florence

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November 4th 2008
So the night of the election, Molly, Daisy, Zoe, Emma, and I all went to the party that was being thrown just outside the city center in a large convention arena. We took the free shuttle since it was way too far to walk. At first I had heard that it was going to be at a small bar, so we all bought a beer for the road, knowing that it was going to be a long night. It turned out to be a huge (by Fl ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more