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[[encircled]]on the island of [[Endacan?]]]]
It was the Dutch ^&[[the first of the]] then [[strikethrough]]one of the[/strikethrough]] great maritime powers ^&[[of the world]] that first [[strikethrough]]saluted[[/strikethrough]] recognized the new republic of the U.S.A. by a salute was fired by [[Bormis? ?]]The event [[strikethrough]]is[[/strikethrough]] commemorated by  President Franklin D. Roosevelt with a bronze plaque.  Abridge Narrative [[underlined]] S.-B.-C.E.[[/Uunderlined]]
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