LL-L "Genealogy" 2012.07.04 (04) [EN]

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From: Isaac M. Davis isaacmacdonalddavis at gmail.com

Subject: LL-L "History" 2012.07.04 (03) [EN]



> From: Tomás Ó Cárthaigh tomasocarthaigh at yahoo.com
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> Subject: LL-L "Genealogy" 2012.07.04 (02) [EN]
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> The verion I heard was it came down to one vote that English was made the
> official language of America. Is that not true?
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In a word, no. http://www.snopes.com/history/govern/onevote.asp

Isaac M. Davis

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