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One Gallon of Water

As we waited in line to merge onto the highway, we saw a man standing at the top of the on-ramp going from car to car asking for something. We didn’t even have any change in the ashtray. I prepared to just politely dismiss his request and drive on. Continue reading

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Italians at War

In the North Beach-Telegraph Hill section of San Francisco, Giuseppe Di Maggio was raising nine children while earning a living as a commercial fisherman.  By 1937, three of his sons, Vince, Joe and Dom were playing center field for Major … Continue reading

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