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Did Not Know This ! 😎

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  • Ricci.Wright

    That's cool!! I wonder how many Japanese/Americans sent him a dime, you know, when they were released from the internment centers.

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  • hillbille
    Ricci.Wright: 31515737693211/comments/31515768699035

    That's cool!! I wonder how many Japanese/Americans sent him a dime, you know, when they were released from the internment centers.

    I think it would have been worth more than a dime to get out of one of those places.............

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  • Mr. Perfect

    I remember back in the mid 70's tagging along with my mom when she went on a March of Dimes collection tour/funraiser, for babies' health, I believe.

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  • montanajoe
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    Interesting,thanks

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  • Horse Plains Drifter

    Thanks, I did not know that.

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  • tomh.

    That's a great fun fact.

    Too bad he was a poopty president.

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  • Ditch-Runner

    I remember back in grade school they took dimes for some charity , they had cardboard folders in each class room to put dimes in

    when I read this post that came to mind , I thought the collection was for the march of dimes , but doing some searching it was for the red cross 😚

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  • dfletcher

    I don't think it was just dimes, but in MA "The Jimmy Fund" was pretty well known - Ted Williams was a main sponsor along with the Red Sox. I think they did dimes in cardboard folders though, nit sure but it sounds very familiar.

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  • Brookwood

    Back then a dime was worth its weight in silver! You could actually buy a lot of stuff with just a dime.

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  • Ruger4me

    As a kid we did the march of dimes walks each year in SoCal you walked x number of miles up 20 iirc and got "sponsors" to pledge a dime donation for each mile we walked. I remember seeing a platoon? maybe just a couple of squads, of Marines in boots and utilities, (maybe camo?) doing the 20 miles in just over 2 hours, us kids took most of the day on Saturday and recouped on Sunday....

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  • chiefr
    Ricci.Wright: 31515737693211/comments/31515768699035

    That's cool!! I wonder how many Japanese/Americans sent him a dime, you know, when they were released from the internment centers.

    Internment is OK if a DEMOCRAT does it.

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  • tomh.

    Racism is OK if a DEMOCRAT does it.

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