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Nearly a century later, "n 1988...new owner—Joan LeBel—reopened the fully restored
Admiral Dewey Inn. Its rich heritage has established it as a member of the National Historic Register and one of the few remaining Southern New England beach hotels. In 1998 the B&B is celebrated its Centennial,
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who in "May of 1898 in Manila, the
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