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I thought I’d also explain a little more about Colonial Williamsburg itself, prompted by a conversation I had with my mom Friday morning, while we were driving to our holiday destination. When we moved to San Antonio, I carried that fear with me.   They purposed to get a dog for me. One morning my dad got a phone call from his brother, asking when we were coming to get our dog. Duke was actually named after Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku , who won the 100 meter dash in the 1912 Olympics.   He was named after his father, who was named after the Duke of Edinburg, who had visited the Hawaiian Islands in 1869. When I was a little girl in Hawaii, my parents always told me to stay away from the dogs, because many ran around with mange.     While I am working on my post about the most incredible Fourth of July I’ve ever experienced, I thought I’d do a little catch up with some great miscellaneous pictures I took during the wonderful "Under the Redcoat" program. ) Duke was a great companion, I......

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