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I don't desire to be shot between the eyes, but it could happen if a second civil war comes to pass. I have a great grandfather who fell out of a second story hotel window in Oconomowoc WI, when working for the Barnum and Bailey circus. (I think about that pretty often.) I had an aunt who spent years trying to prove that we were descendants of Dr. Joseph Warren, because we had a lot of Warrens in my Mother's family who were early settlers in eastern Iowa, and every generation had a medical doctor. Turned out they were from Delaware, with no info on how they got there, but probably from the Midlands in England. Let's have a museum for Elise Stefanik. If she turns out to be a great woman, we will be ready for that; if she disappears from history, it will be good for all who follow us to know who and what she was.

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If I had a great grandfather who worked for Barnum and Bailey Circus and died falling out a hotel window I can imagine thinking about him all the time.

I’m not sure I want a museum dedicated to Stefanik, but if they want to name the Lake George wastewater treatment plant for her I have no objection.

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