To: CodeToad
Um, nope. Not even close. HBC was establish in 1670. Beretta, the Itialian firearms manufacturer was established in 1526 and still going strong.
As an ongoing service organization, the Catholic Church is probably the oldest in the Western Hemisphere.
157 posted on
11/29/2011 8:05:14 AM PST by
aruanan
To: aruanan
Excellent point. The Catholic Church was established at least no later than 313.
158 posted on
11/29/2011 8:10:32 AM PST by
CodeToad
(Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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