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Not sure where to start?Discover the unbelievable! A letter written by Fidel Castro, at the age of 14, was recently discovered in the National Archives. Read the story and see the letter here.
Wow, this one is cool. We dug it up on the National Archives’ site.
This is a letter from a young Fidel Castro, at the age of 14, who was a student at Colegio de Dolores school in Santiago, Cuba.
What’s even crazier is that the guy is STILL ALIVE!
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Topics1940s · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Politics
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