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The last quote, I promise. The British invaded #Anguilla on the grounds it was infested by the mafia. No offense to our Littens from Florida but I found this statement hilarious. By the way, the Brits learned Holcomb was not in the mafia, despite the fact he was from Florida. So the invasion was utterly useless.

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Despite the residents sleeping in their brassieres, “it was a very peaceful war.” #Anguilla

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The British invasion of #Anguilla disturbed the local livestock

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Some of the most exciting bits of the British invasion of #Anguilla #readingtheAmericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

The poor British troops had no idea why they were in #Anguilla. To be honest, the Anguillans and the rest of the world were pretty confused too. #readingtheAmericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

The invasion begins! Poor little bitty #Anguilla just wanted independence from #StKitts. But it took 300 years for Britain to finally invade and give the islanders what they wanted—to be a British colony, not a St Kitts colony.

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What a slog this book was!! Hilarious, describing the British Invasion of #Anguilla, which wanted to be ruled by Britain! A completely true and unbelievable farce! Excellent if you read chapter 1 and then skip to chapter 24 to the end. Boring as heck if you read the middle. The events occurred & the book was written in the late 1960s, and even though I was born in 1968, I was not remotely interested in the minuscule details related in these ⬇️

Started a book about the German people. It is from a traveler and not really an expert but still interesting to me.

Kind of like a review of all my history classes all@the way up through high school, but in a much more exciting and narrative way. I love history, and the backbone of this book is the novel idea of freedom that America‘s founders brought to the table, and how to achieve that freedom.

getting into the spooky season… #halloween #spookytime