INDEPENDENCE


Meaning of INDEPENDENCE in English

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City (pop., 2000: 113,288), western Missouri, U.S. Settled in 1827, it served as the starting point for the Santa Fe Trail and the Oregon Trail and was a rendezvous for wagon trains during the California gold rush .

Home of a Mormon colony (1831–33), it is now the world headquarters of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It was occupied by Union troops during the American Civil War and was the scene of two skirmishes with Confederates. The hometown of Pres.

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Algerian War of Independence

United States War of Independence

Declaration of Independence

Greek Independence War of

Independence Day

{{link=League for the Independence of Vietnam">League for the Independence of Vietnam

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