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TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 9/3/23 – TREATY OF PARIS DAY!

They took their time ending wars in the 18th century, when all they had was dial-up, and cell phone service was worse than AT&T’s. British Major General Cornwallis had surrendered to George Washington almost 2 years before, ending the American Revolution, but it took that long to give us a reason to celebrate NATIONAL TREATY …

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TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 6/10/23 – WASHINGTON, D.C. DAY!

America was still brand new and operating out of its temporary capital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania while the new Federal Capital was being built, and on June 10, 1793, it officially superseded Philly as our nations’s capital on NATIONAL WASHINGTON, D.C. DAY! The States of Maryland and Virginia had donated the land straddling the Potomac River …

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DON’T DISUSS RELIGION OR POLITICS? WHERE’S THE FUN IN THAT? A BRIEF HISTORY OF BOTH IN 1,717 WORDS

You hear this a lot, never discuss religion or politics. And yet, that’s all we seem to do since these are two very juicy subjects. Besides, it’s Easter and Passover, and politics is always in season. People find it hard to avoid discussing the things that make them tick. Only trouble is, these little chats …

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