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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Interesting historical tidbit:

On New Year's Eve, 1913, in New Orleans, Louis Armstrong, then aged 11, was arrested for shooting a pistol into the air. He was sent to the "Colored Waif's Home" (reform school), where he received his first trumpet lesson....

27 posted on 12/28/2004 3:25:22 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Lurking Libertarian
On New Year's Eve, 1913, in New Orleans, Louis Armstrong, then aged 11, was arrested for shooting a pistol into the air. He was sent to the "Colored Waif's Home" (reform school), where he received his first trumpet lesson....

And I say to myself, what a wonderful world...

29 posted on 12/28/2004 3:29:16 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Deport 'em all; let Fox sort 'em out!)
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