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Old Sat Dec 12, 2009, 08:46am
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Turns out that there really was a comte de Rochambeau who helped the Americans during the Revolution.
When he passed through Connecticut, in June, 1781, on his way from Newport, Rhode Island, to Yorktown, Virginia, he set up his camp right down the street from me. He entertained his officers at one of our local taverns. Every once in a while, somebody digs up some Revolutionary War artifact at the encampment site.

Once somebody found an old metal whistle with "Mark T. DeNucci, Sr." engraved on the whistle. Really.
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When he passed through Connecticut, in June, 1781, on his way from Newport, Rhode Island, to Yorktown, Virginia, he set up his camp right down the street from me. (snip)Really.
Did you ever meet him?
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Did you ever meet him?
Hey. I've only lived in two centuries, 20th, and 21st. In the 18th century, I was just a twinkle in my great, great, great, great, great grandfather's eye.
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Hey. I've only lived in two centuries, 20th, and 21st. in the 18th century, I was just a twinkle in my great, great, great, great, great grandfather's eye.
Wow, he must've been some kind of grandfather, eh?
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Wow, he must've been some kind of grandfather, eh?
Pay attention. He was a great, great, great, great, great grandfather.
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Pay attention. He was a great, great, great, great, great grandfather.
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