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Cassino

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May 14th 2010
Hello everyone today is Friday morning. Yesterday we had very long day on our trip to Monte Cassino however it was wonderful day as we saw where our Dads were and what a time they had, We had done some reading beforehand certainly gave the tour more impact as we were able to relate the readings to the actual sights. We laid poppies on some graves. You could feel the Kiwi presence there. Th ... 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