History
It is particularly popular in the United States, where the style has been used since America's earliest colonial era, and remains popular in current times. A picket fence is a decorative way to contain pets and children without blocking out any views, and because of its decorative element, can be popular for the front yard additional to the back yard. Traditionally picket fences were only made out of wood and painted white (or whitewashed), but now picket fences are also widely available in polyvinyl chloride, which is also known as PVC.
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“Boys forget what their country means by just reading “the land of the free” in history books. Then they get to be men, they forget even more. Liberty’s too precious a thing to be buried in books.”
—Sidney Buchman (1902–1975)
“There is no history of how bad became better.”
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