President Carter's passing prompted me to look up a table of presidents. I was surprised to find out that 15 of the 46 USA presidents have been alive in my lifetime. Since my birth, roughly one third of my country's presidents have walked this Earth. This reminds me of how young this country truly is.
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The oldest building remains in my hometown were built in 1856. It's just the foundation of an old horse barn, but our city makes sure to maintain it.
Meanwhile a friend of mine in Scotland is like "I have furniture older than that". And when I point out that the US is just about 250 years old she's like "Heck, parts of my parents house is older than that."-
I'm in Dover New Hampshire it was settled in 1623 just over 400 years and still a baby compared to most of the world. -
My house is from 1847 and not nearly the oldest building in my area. -
America is a country where 100 years is a long time, and England is a country where 100 miles is a long way. Not sure where I heard that, but it stuck in my head.
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…and divided we fall. 🫡
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and yet in the time the US has been here France has had 5 republics, the nations we know of as Italy and Germany actually came into existence, vast empires have arisen and fallen ( the soviets ), not to mention that there was a lot going on here prior to the creation of the US
history is a fun thing. like the random factoid that since they all coexisted at the same time it was feasible for a samurai to send a fax to Abraham Lincoln.Originally posted by Carp
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