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Today in the Revolution ...
1780
New England's "Dark Day." About midday, near-total darkness descends on much of New England, the cause is unexplained. Some consider it to be Judgment Day.
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You may be more happy than Princes, if you will be more virtuous.
— Benjamin Franklin,1738
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