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Re:The Last Slave Ship Survivor Gave an Interview in the 1930s by curun1r on Friday May 11, 2018 @10:57PM (#17052260)
The US Government still pays a civil war pension to the daughter of a Union soldier.

The last surviving American veteran of WWI died in 2011.

Whenever I hear stuff like that, I always have the same reaction you did that we're more connected to these historical events than we think we are.

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Re:The Last Slave Ship Survivor Gave an Interview in the 1930s by wutbrodo on Saturday May 12, 2018 @05:48AM (#17053274)
I remember feeling this acutely when I say a clip from a TV show in the 50s that had as a guest a man who was present for Lincoln's assassination (as a young child). Pretty wild to think that we're only a few short hops from something that's practically modern mythology at this pt.
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Re:The Last Slave Ship Survivor Gave an Interview in the 1930s by blackbagboys on Friday May 11, 2018 @11:44PM (#17052375)
President John Tyler (born 1790, President 1841-1845) has two living grandchildren.
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