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Word: showmen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...bargain? Possibly not, because the new owner could have the option of cultivating the ground and finding his market in Combes, or of staking out a battlefield and doing business with tourists when peace returns. What an opportunity for a man with the historic instinct! But will France permit showmen to desecrate the soil where her heroic sons have given up their lives for human liberty? The great battlefields of the war from the Somme to Verdun should be set apart and dedicated to educational and patriotic uses for all time. --New York...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Battlefield for Sale. | 10/2/1916 | See Source »

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