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STREET SIGNS, SCENES, AND SMARTS
09/12/2018
From time to time my father would review an abbreviated history of the family. I have often wished that I had paid closer attention and asked a few follow-up questions. He mentioned that an ancestor, Louis Clapier, was born in France in 1765 and that he came to America in 1796.
As a youth, I thought it cool that there was a street, in Philadelphia, honoring the man. And, you can imagine my excitement when I discovered there was an intersection of Wayne and Clapier. Wayne Avenue, however, had
