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EAST FALMOUTH At Christmas, Trish and Charlie Wright gave their neighbor, Samuel Johnson, then 99, a book called The Century, co-authored by Peter Jennings. 
About a month ago, Trish Wright said, he gave it back with notes of all the factual errors inside. Johnson lived much of that history. He met Norman Rockwell, saw Babe Ruth play baseball and watched 17 different presidents at the helm, she said.
“He is fantastic to chat with and he just knows so much stuff,” Wright said. “He’s a fantastic historian.”
The neighborhood came together Saturday to celebrate Johnson s birthday. Johnson, who turned 100 on Tuesday, Feb. 9, watched as his neighbors in Fishermans Cove drove by and congratulated him. East Falmouth Elementary School students made large cardboard cutouts of “100” that Johnson put in the front of his yard for the parade.  ....

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