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 * ...that in 1813, British forces set up a camp on the land of Richard Beasley, causing considerable damage to his property?
 * ...that the Ma-Yi Theater Company had not intended for it to be started as an Asian American theatre, but it eventually remained so after its first plays were Filipino and Filipino-American?
 * ...that the New York City Police Department, which was established in 1845, is the current largest police force in North America?