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JohnnyLib2

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3. Thanks for posting this part of history.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2019, 12:33 PM

May 2019

Somehow, I had never heard this. I was a toddler at the time and later learned that my community in Nevada had an extensive blackout program; my father and others were "wardens" to help enforce this. It was taken very seriously.

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Thanks for posting this part of history. JohnnyLib2 May 2019 #3

Thank you for the history lesson. leanforward May 2019 #4

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