"mural" = moderately large, landscape-oriented painting (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE


> (I have another quarrel with McQuaid -- she refers to an American
> fighting the British on the ever-memorable April 19 as a "colonist"
> (which is not entirely incorrect), not as a "colonial" (which is much
> more customary).)
>
> Joel

If the person in question is the child or grandchild of someone who
emigrated to America, is he still a colonist?  At what point does he
become a native?
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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