History
Welsh immigrants settled the village of Wales in 1840. The remains of Welsh history can be seen in the village's flag that replicates the Welsh national flag.
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“I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility—I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling.”
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)
“The history of persecution is a history of endeavors to cheat nature, to make water run up hill, to twist a rope of sand.”
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“In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.”
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