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To: OldNewYork
I did not know that :)

Interesting history and the 230th anniversary is coming up.

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11 posted on 09/02/2013 4:56:59 PM PDT by deks ("...the battle...liberty against the overreach of the federal government" Ken Cuccinelli)
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To: deks

I didn’t know either. It was an annual holiday in New York for long after, but because it was so close to the Thanksgiving Day that Lincoln popularized, it gradually lost its specialness, I guess. It’s been revived recently.


14 posted on 09/03/2013 2:51:16 PM PDT by OldNewYork (Biden '13. Impeach now.)
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