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In the corner of the hardware store, gathered round a checker board, old men telling lied and crowning kings
Alabama
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Camelot
This war, finalized with the Treaty of Paris in 1783, officially recognized the independent borders of the United States of America for the first time
The American Revolution (1775-1781)
Robin Hood Companion/ Sean Thornton
Little John Wayne
Clay graduated high school in this year
2011
Good morning yesterday. You wake up and time has slipped away
Paul Anka
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Sound of Music
This war saw president Truman execute his policy of "Containment" against the global threat of communism for the first time. The war lasted from 1950-1953.
Korean War (1950-1953)
"The Richest Man in Town" who was also a senator/ Beloved Talking Mouse
Jimmy Stewart Little
Mrs. Harper
All Summer long, we sang a song, and then we strolled that golden sand
Frank Sinatra
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Once
America was thrust into this war primarily because of the "Zimmerman Note," an intercepted telegram from Germany to Mexico.
World War 1 (1914-1918)
Father of the Bride/ Frong
Steve Martin Short
This was the topic of Clay's Undergrad History Thesis
Savannah Yellow Fever Epidemic- 1954
The rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum, with the words I love you rolling off my tongue.
Rod Stewart
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1776
Daily Double!!!!!
This war brought Andrew Jackson his military fame when he "fought the bloody British in the town of New Orleans."
Derogatory term for an overly-obedient black man/ Awarded for "running" through history's greatest events
Uncle Tom Hanks
This Professor taught Clay's first history course at UF, "Ireland in the British Empire"
Dr. Harland-Jacobs
Where to? Where do I go? If you never try then you'll never know.
Coldplay
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Muppet Christmas Carol
As a result of this war in 1898, the United States gained the territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
Spanish-American War (1898)
Muppet's Scrooge/ Biblical Brothers
Michael Caine and Abel
While the majority of the family was frolicking in the hills of Ireland in the fall of 2013, Clay spent this time in this US State.
Missouri