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Huzzah! Sam Adams Take on Deflating the Football

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Samuel Adams, one of the original Patriots, holds a deflated football in front of the Boston Tea Party Museum. This photo was captured by Joe Mendola who adds, “Incontrovertible evidence of deflating the football. Go PATS!”

 

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