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American infantry streaming through the captured town of Varennes, France, 1918.This place fell into the hands of the Americans on the first day of the Franco-American assault upon the Argonne-Champagne line. (World War I)
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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.
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William Sowden Sims: References & Edit History

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First paragraph modernization. Jan 23, 2024
Anniversary information added. Oct 11, 2023
Anniversary information added. Sep 24, 2023
Media added. Dec 16, 2009
Added new Web site: First World War - Biography of William Sims. Nov 21, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of William S. Sims. Nov 19, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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