Article: OUR INDEPENDENCE FLEW IN ON THE WINGS OF HORSEFLIES.(LOCAL)

Byline: GEORGE TUCKER

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CORRECTION: George Tucker's column identification was missing from his weekly History column ("Our independence flew in on the wings of horseflies") in Sunday's Hampton Roads section. Correction published July 7, 2004.

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One of these days Congress is going to get around to naming the horsefly as our national insect.

Do you ask why? Well, according to "That's Not in My American History Book: A Compilation of Little-known Events and Forgotten Heroes " by Thomas Ayres ( published in 2000 by Taylor Trade Publishing Co. of Dallas ), a swarm of airborne horse hecklers contributed largely to the ...

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