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Born on the 4th of July

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Today is the 4th of July, what we Americans call our Independence Day.  Despite the fact that the Declaration was issued a few days earlier than this some 247 years ago.   And, as was true for Israel when it declared its independence in 1948,   our neighbors weren’t so sure we were independent.  OK. For America, it wasn’t  the “neighbors”- it was Britain.  But, even when Britain conceded it lost the States, it wasn’t until the completion of the War of 1812 that our battle(s) with Britain truly achieved our independence.

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Armistice Veterans Day (at least to Americans)

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The decision had been negotiated and made.  While the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, the official end  of the Great War,  was celebrated on the 11th hour of the 11th month in 1918.  It took longer to arrange the rules for peace. (Which actually turned out to be the rules to effect a Second World War!)

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Sunday is July 4th, what we Americans call our Independence Day.  Despite the fact that the Declaration was issued a few days earlier than this some 245 years ago.  (The title is the characterization of 245 in base 2; I could have used רמה had I chosen to use Hebrew.)    And, as was true for Israel when it declared its independence in 1948,   our neighbors weren’t so sure we were independent.  OK. For America, it wasn’t  the “neighbors”- it was Britain.  But, even when Britain conceded it lost the States, it wasn’t until the completion of the War of 1812 that our battle(s) with Britain truly achieved our independence.

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Armistice Veterans Day

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The 11th hour of the 11th month in 1918.  The world ended “The Great War”.  That was what the the first war fought across the globe.  The War to end all wars.  Right- which is why ‘The Great War’ was soon to be renamed World War I.   But, The Great War is the appellation my father learned, too- and it was among the last sanctioned battles in which my grandfather (my mother’s father) was a participant.

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