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  • The Daily Sam: 233 Years Old and Still Growing Up

    July 4, 2009

    • In Armonk, New York, where I was raised, we celebrated the Fourth of July in the most traditional of ways: standing alongside Route 128, the road to Mount Kisco and Main Street all rolled into one, waving little American flags and watching the veterans, the baton twirlers, the volunteer fire department, and all the other town worthies march or drive past as we cheered. If I wished to, today I ...