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I try to be amused…
“I try to be amused” is usually about history’s loud barking in today’s headlines, a little sports, a touch of cultural crankiness, etc.
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Babe Ruth’s World War I Draft Registration
Despite the hoarding habits of certain federal officials, the National Archives still has a big inventory. Military history stuff. And baseball stuff. It marked the start of spring training, for example, by publishing Babe…