- Re: [BoundaryPoint] U.S. External Territories list
Hello, it is a very nice thread this one. I would like to know which are ALL the External Territories of USA, I know only few far islands in Pacific Ocean and
Apr 07, 2005 @ 04:16 - fabio ("fabio" <fabiov@...>)
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The territory of the United States consists of: 1. the 50 states of the Union 2. the District of Columbia 3. one Incorporated Territory: Palmyra American law
Apr 07, 2005 @ 16:05 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
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Thanks a lot Lowell, everything is clear now! Bye Fabio ... From: Lowell G. McManus To: Sent:
Apr 07, 2005 @ 16:09 - fabio ("fabio" <fabiov@...>)
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... I should correct this. What I meant was that there are no remaining disputed island possessions (such as the former guano islands), apart from any that
Apr 07, 2005 @ 17:03 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
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Fabio, how many years ago did you see a big American airport and where was it? To my knowledge, there are no U.S. bases in foreign countries anymore that are
Apr 09, 2005 @ 03:40 - L. A. Nadybal ("L. A. Nadybal" <lnadybal@...>)
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Hello Len, I went in 2001 to make a trip, by private bus, from Marrakesh to some interesting towns of Morocco. The tour was through Fes, Meknes, Rabat and
Apr 10, 2005 @ 11:58 - fabio ("fabio" <fabiov@...>)
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What you saw might have been the former US Air Force operation at Sidi Slimane Air Base, Morocco during the 1950 s and 1960 s. Read about it at
Apr 11, 2005 @ 00:12 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
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this of course is the conventional list found in standard reference sources but in reality the list of actually external sovereign territories of the usa is
Apr 11, 2005 @ 19:47 - aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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Interesting. However, I should point out that Louisiana and Washington have subsequently been proven to be contiguous after all--the Chandeleur Islands and
Apr 11, 2005 @ 20:23 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
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interesting tho i too should point out for whomever is interested in pointing things out that i have already pointed out once today that the original crude try
Apr 11, 2005 @ 21:03 - aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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... So how did Palmyra become an Incorporated Territory, when none of the other various Pacific islands did? Also I think some of the dispute on this group as
Apr 11, 2005 @ 22:23 - adamnvillani ("adamnvillani" <avillani@...>)
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I agree. I wasn t disparaging your four-year-old work. My concern was for Fabio or anyone else who might possibly use some help in the updating and
Apr 11, 2005 @ 22:29 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
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thanx tho you know my inputs here are all play & never work nor do i care when they are disparaged but do feel free to make all the work & snippets you like of
Apr 11, 2005 @ 22:48 - aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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http://www.answers.com/topic/incorporated-territory also i believe if you go back & read carefully you will see there was never any dispute neither about what
Apr 11, 2005 @ 23:11 - aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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On April 15, 1862, Captain Zenas Bent and Mr. Johnson Wilkinson, both subjects of the Kingdom of Hawaii, landed in Palmyra and took possession of the atoll
Apr 11, 2005 @ 23:23 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
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I agree as to the two elucidations. It was a matter of whether external meant jurisdictionally or geographically. Lowell G. McManus Leesville, Louisiana,
Apr 11, 2005 @ 23:33 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
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true enough but it was also a matter of giving the whole answer to the question actually asked as it always is here at bp but especially was in this case which
Apr 12, 2005 @ 05:11 - aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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Lowell, ... What was the reason for separating Palmyra from Hawaii at the time of statehood? Furthermore, assuming that the whole of Hawaii was previously an
Apr 12, 2005 @ 09:35 - Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell <knm@...>)
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as mentioned in the link to message 17324 incorporation is not reversible which means once incorporated always incorporated even if uninhabited but in fact not
Apr 12, 2005 @ 12:50 - aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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oops forgot your other question evidently palmyra became disorganized when hawaii became a state in 1959
Apr 12, 2005 @ 13:10 - aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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... Or perhaps one could say that upon statehood all of the organization of Hawaii just sort of left Palmyra behind. Palmyra was never organized separately
Apr 12, 2005 @ 20:34 - adamnvillani ("adamnvillani" <avillani@...>)
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An interesting counter claim to the U.S. ownership of Wake Island can be found at http://www.enenkio.org/wq.htm Doug Sheer ... From: aletheiak
Apr 12, 2005 @ 21:34 - DougS78864@aol.com (DougS78864@...)
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You are correct that Palmyra has never been organized separately from Hawaii (or anywhere else). There have been other examples in which less than a complete
Apr 12, 2005 @ 22:49 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
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... After laborious digging, I have found the explanation in the words of a Senator in a government report. I will write it up at length for you tomorrow
Apr 14, 2005 @ 05:19 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
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As we have already seen, Palmyra had been part of the Kingdom, Republic, and Territory of Hawaii, but the Hawaii Statehood Act of 1959 specifically excluded it
Apr 14, 2005 @ 19:47 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)