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The American Revolution started today...

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 9:36 am
by Bob Juch
in 1775.

Why don't we have a national holiday?

Re: The American Revolution started today...

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:30 am
by bazodee
Well at least it is a state holiday in Massachusetts (Patriots' Day)

Re: The American Revolution started today...

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 11:40 am
by silverscreenselect
bazodee wrote:Well at least it is a state holiday in Massachusetts (Patriots' Day)
I thought that was for winning the Super Bowl.

Re: The American Revolution started today...

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 4:18 pm
by Bob Juch
22 years ago today, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed by home-grown terrorists. :cry:

Re: The American Revolution started today...

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 7:49 am
by jarnon
Bob Juch wrote:22 years ago today, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed by home-grown terrorists. :cry:
Today, April 20, is Hitler's birthday. My aunt once caught a glimpse of Hitler in a birthday parade; April 20 was her birthday too. In 1943, the SS commander in Warsaw decided to liquidate the Warsaw Ghetto as a birthday present for Hitler. To his surprise, the Ghetto partisans held out for weeks. I don't know whether the other atrocities on April 19 & 20 (Waco, Oklahoma City, Columbine) were intended to"honor" Hitler or just horrible coincidences.