“The highest treason in the USA is to say Americans are not loved, no matter where they are, no matter what they are doing there.’’

Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), American writer, probably best known for the novel Slaughterhouse-Five. He lived in 1951-1971 with his family in a house in the village of West Barnstable, part of the Town of Barnstable, that overlooked Barnstable Harbor. Some members of the family still live in the town.