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To: DFG

By all means give them back their bells. Cheapest goodwill gesture in US history. Where are they?


12 posted on 11/12/2017 5:28:58 AM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: Chewbarkah
Balangiga bells
25 posted on 11/12/2017 5:53:48 AM PST by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Chewbarkah

Per the article:

“In 1904, an Army unit that was not involved in the battle brought two of the 600-pound bells captured from the church to F. E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Today they’re on display as part of a memorial at the base, which houses 150 intercontinental ballistic missiles. Due to the high level of security on the base, the memorial is closed to the public. The third bell is held at Camp Red Cloud, an Army outpost in South Korea.”


31 posted on 11/12/2017 6:16:17 AM PST by DFG
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To: Chewbarkah

Agreed.


38 posted on 11/12/2017 6:39:34 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Chewbarkah; All

I agree. No need for the snarky remarks made by others here. It’s not a big deal for us. Apparently it’s meaningful, perhaps as a national treasure, to the Filipinos. Who knows?


51 posted on 11/12/2017 8:15:48 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Chewbarkah

Absolutely. Zero skin off our back. That helps with relations all that.


56 posted on 11/12/2017 9:26:58 AM PST by jdsteel (Give me freedom not more government)
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To: Chewbarkah
Where are they?

Two are on a military base in Wyoming that's closed to the public and the other is on display on a base in South Korea.

Trump should be able to work out a deal around this provided Congress gives him the authority.

66 posted on 11/12/2017 10:12:33 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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