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10. My dad missed Boys State because it was cancelled that year.

Fri May 22, 2020, 10:32 PM

May 2020

For a boy from a very small town in Louisiana he may have missed a life changing opportunity.

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My Mom leftieNanner May 2020 #2

My mom Laurelin May 2020 #16

But then, we had a real president back then. sandensea May 2020 #3

In 1950 leighbythesea2 May 2020 #4

It has stuck with me leighbythesea2 May 2020 #8

God bless your mom. roamer65 May 2020 #12

Polio Squeaky41 May 2020 #5

That is leighbythesea2 May 2020 #9

My dad missed Boys State because it was cancelled that year. GulfCoast66 May 2020 #10

My mom had it, left her with a crippled foot. tavernier May 2020 #11

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Somehow, COVID-19 is a global conspiracy because Democrats don't like trump. Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #15