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William Walker
Recently in the news I read that five pistols belonging to William Walker's army had been stolen from a museum in Nicaragua.

This made me flashback to one of those heritage signs back home, in particular, the one that marks Walker's place of birth-- now a busy corner in the commercial zone of Nashville, at the foot of the "R2D2" skyscraper, where I once worked.

"William Walker--Grey-eyed Man of Destiny" was the title, along with a story akin to the end of Aaron Burr's life, or Kinski in that Herzog film.

here.

After reading the sign, I always envisioned walker to be a sort of stoic-looking Gaby Hayes. Not so; he met his richly well-deserved destiny at the age of 36.

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