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Royals Flee as Refuges Seek New World
A reflective column mixes royal escapes with a note on early San Francisco Emperor Norton and modern ideas of refugee royalty. It imagines cities bidding for displaced monarchs while highlighting a 1954 call to unify air power and expand civic education within the New York County Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Emall-Fry
Wilty
Carol
Romania
George
Greece
Lloyd’s
Lloyd's
San Francisco
Norton
Stock Exchange
Zog
Albania
London
America
Graustarkian
Sullivan
New York County Legion
United States Air Force
Myr. Sullivan
Legion
New York
Princeton University
New York State Aviation Commission
Roosevelt