By Dave Graham BERLIN (Reuters) - A German village was on Saturday unveiling a monument to the Scottish-born Prussian Field Marshall James Keith, in a rare act of remembrance in a country that has spend decades distancing itself from its military past. Keith, a rebel exile who once governed Ukraine, Finland and Berlin, died in the battle of Hochkirch on October 14, 1758 fighting for Frederick the Great during the Seven Years War. To mark the 250th anniversary of the battle and his death, the small village near the Polish border dedicated a memorial stone outside its baroque church to Keith, who remains a relatively obscure figure in his homeland to this day....
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