Today is the day the US of A proudly proclaims its birth with a colorful display of fury and thunder in a gunpowder form. It's funny how something that was once used in a conspiracy in a failed attempt to take down one government is used to announce the birth of another
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Taken from danyea: Go to Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/). Type in your birth date (but not year). List three (I did five; FNORD!) events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. Post this in your journal.
September 18th: Events1793 - The first cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George
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I just wanted to wish smmc a happy birthday, since she's off into the wilds of Arizona for the weekend. This also marks 9 years of living in Texas -- I've been here a long time, and don't think I'm gonna be going anytime soon.