It represented the alliance between their two countries during America's war for independence from Britain.

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Thirty-nine elaborate parade floats will celebrate a variety of themes, from the bicentennial of the war for Mexican independence to American major league baseball.

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The ONLF has been fighting for greater autonomy or independence for the Ogaden since Ethiopia seized the mostly Somali speaking region in a war with Somalia more than 30 years ago.

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More than a century later, the same flicker of freewill sparked the War for Independence and fired up a new nation.

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In fact, immigration was one of the causes for the War for Independence.

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The US government did not print paper money at this time, as it had during the War for Independence, but there was plenty of paper money in use, which was issued by private banks.

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