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Happy Evacuation Day
Most people will have no idea what you are talking about if you say that to them
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Oh, I thought this thread was going to be about toilet humour
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There’s also an Evacuation Day (Boston). It’s still an official holiday. It is also March 17, so the Irish getting St. Patrick’s Day off may be more a happy historical coincidence than a true remembrance.
Here’s a nice article on Evacuation Day New York that was on Realclearhistory.com today if you prefer reading to watching Tobra’s video. https://earlyamericanists.com/2014/11/25/the-story-of-evacuation-day/ It is a forgotten holiday now, but according to the article it was widely celebrated well into the 1800s. I hadn’t heard of it either until I came across the article.
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I enjoy the History Guy videos. He covers a lot of territory.
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Interesting.
As a kid in school I hated history, to the kid version of me what happened long ago was just boring. Now that I am am an old historical artifact I find history fascinating. I had never heard of Evacuation day. I can understand that after the world wars and fighting with the British to defeat the Germans it was less of a celebration. However the Fourth of July has never been ignored. I don't doubt more than a few feathers were ruffled during WW1 and WW2 when the Americans celebrated the 4th among the British troops.
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Boston also has/had a cool band also..
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Thanks for this post, never heard of Evacuation Day!
We need to be reminded of our still being forged nation. History isn't always pretty
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In 1964 the Brits staged an invasion...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1K0mMzLmxo&feature=emb_title
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