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Beer City’s Blue Ribbon Mansion
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Capital Defense
AMERICAN KIDS OF THE COLD WAR ERA were raised with the fear of nuclear attack. Anytime, anywhere, Russia could drop the bomb. “Duck and Cover” was the catch phrase drummed into their heads at school and on film screens. Get away from glass, hunker do

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