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MANHATTAN MUSINGS: A Last Father-Son Conversation

90 Years Ago at the Alcázar of Toledo

Jul 23, 2026
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By Stephen MacDonald

Sometimes I try recalling historical topics in a conscious effort to learn from them; sometimes I have to acknowledge that I have carried some history lessons with me for almost my entire life. In that latter category I would include the memory of a brief telephone conversation in 1936 between a Spanish Army Colonel and one of his so…

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