(Illustration by Joe Dworetzky/Bay City News)

I recently did a story about an anti-ICE protest, at which I spoke with a very friendly, sign-toting older lady decked out in red, white and blue, who told me her father was an Irish immigrant wounded in World War I, fighting for the U.S. 

World War I — for those who weren’t there or just weren’t in history class — happened from 1914 to 1918. My version of math says her father fought 107 to 111 years ago.

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Tony Hicks covers Contra Costa County news and leads our Library Hub team. He previously worked for Bay Area News Group for 22 years as an award-winning news and feature writer, columnist, and music and...