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Fast food in slower times

By on March 20, 2013 in Arkansas, Mississippi, My American Roots

When Bill Ferris was growing up in Vicksburg, Miss., the phrase “golden arches” had no meaning. Going out for a hamburger at a local restaurant after church was a sit-down, family affair. Going out at all was uncommon. “I cannot remember any families who ate out when we were children,” he says. “There were very …

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