On Wednesday, October 19, 2005, at 09:44 AM, Bob Blakely wrote:
The war resulted in the oldest republic currently in existence.
Ask the people of the Republic of San Marino how they feel about that
statement. Their Republic was founded on September 3, 301 . Their
current constitution was ratified on October 8, 1600 .
You can see info here:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sm.html
There is a very nice statue of Abraham Lincoln there in their seat of
government building.
I've been to San Marino many times.
Bob
