70 Falmouth Street Portland, Maine 04103
43.6667° N 70.2667° W
Altitude: 10 feet below sea level
Founded January 1970
Julian date: 2458669.5
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THE DAILY ASTRONOMER
Friday, July 5, 2019
Quiz XXIV: Declaration of Independence
It wasn't on July 4, 1776 that the USA won the Revolutionary War, deemed by the British as the "Silly War of Unprovoked Yankee Aggression." Instead, it is the day we commemorate the date when the Declaration was adopted by the Continental Congress. We all know the story of how the founders shot off that famous angry e-mail to the King and gave him whatfor, only to receive a dismissive THOL ("Ta ha out loud") as a response. Instead of saying "good riddance," and crossing us off their list of possessions, the crown became rather toffee nosed about the whole affair and the Revolutionary War ensued. We also know that the USA eventually prevailed in the skirmish and has been a free country ever since, hasn't it, Libertarians?
Today, we celebrate the actual document: the Declaration of Independence with, of course, a trivial quiz.