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Happy Independence Day
07-01-2024, 10:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-01-2024, 10:24 AM by classicdrogn.)
To our Canadian friends, what it says on the tin
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RE: Happy Independence Day
07-01-2024, 01:37 PM
Ethiopia is the only country in Africa without an Independance Day.
They beat the Italians.
Oh sweet meteor of death
Fall upon us.
Deliver us in fire
To Peace everlasting.
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RE: Happy Independence Day
07-01-2024, 02:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-01-2024, 02:45 PM by robkelk.)
We used to call it "Dominion Day", back in the day when Canada was a dominion. But that term's got too much colonial-era baggage nowadays.
So, yeah. Happy Canada Day, folks!
EDIT: It's still called Memorial Day in Newfoundland, commemorating the first day of the Battle of the Somme, in which the 1st Newfoundland Regiment took approximately 90% casualties. Solemnity first, then the party.