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Visiting briefly from his home in St. Louis, Missouri, author Byron DeLear will tell the fascinating story about how our nation came to be known as "United States of America", amidst events occurring right here in Somerville in 1776! Talk with the author and obtain a personally signed copy of his book at two uniquely Somerville sites. Byron DeLear is an author, enviro-entrepreneur, media producer, and twice former US House candidate. He is a member of the Organization of American Historians and the Missouri Lodge of Research, and is past Editor-in-Chief for NAPA News, the newsletter of the North American Vexillological Association. 
 


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