Space Cowboy
Registered: 01/20/10
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| | 07/26/10 at 06:07 AM | Reply with quote | #1 |
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Socorro Wants to Secede . . .
SOCORRO — Because this community
has never been given recognition
to which it feels it is entitled in
connection with the original A-Bomb
blast, community leaders have voted
to set up the Socorro Free State, an
independent republic, and are asking
that it be recognized as such by the
United States and the United Nations.
Although the first A-Bomb test took
place only 30 miles from Socorro, all
the news of the event was date-lined
at Alamogordo which was 70 miles
away. Socorro has erected a monument
dedicated to the bomb blast. The
chamber of commerce has received a
letter from Tom Peesaw, secretary of
the Pan-American League of Indian
Tribes, stating that since his, tribe does
not like the way the United States is
being run, the Indians want to buy
land and move to the new "Free
State."—Socorro Chieftain.
Desert Magazine, July 1953, Page 34
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DesertCruiser
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Registered: 01/15/10
Posts: 365
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| | 07/26/10 at 09:37 PM | Reply with quote | #2 |
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Well that's interesting. I think there are some states wanting to secede right now -- 11 or 18 of them? Anyone know anything about that? I'd bet the government would love for that to happen -- no more grants for roads, schools, etc. And it would break up the country. Even back in 1953 they were talking about this, thanks again Dave!
Don.....
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