Today is National Heroes and Heroines Day, a public holiday in Anguilla. Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory in the Eastern Caribbean. In 1962, Anguilla was joined to St. Kitts and Nevis as an associated statehood.
Resentment against this political decision grew, and in May 1967, the people of Anguilla marched on the Police Headquarters and evicted the Royal St. Kitts Police Force from the island.
On 19 December 1980 Anguilla fully seceded from the association. To mark this important event, a public holiday called Separation Day was established to celebrate the anniversary of political separation of Anguilla from the territory of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla.
In the years since, the Government of Anguilla renamed the holiday to National Heroes and Heroines Day. The holiday has now evolved into a general celebration of the people who have played an important role in the history of Anguilla and made significant sacrifices for the prosperity of this small but proud island nation.
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These days, if it has “Liberty”, “Freedom”, or “Patriots” in its name, rest assured it has little if anything to do with any of them.
The first thing that a cult does is convince you that everyone else is lying.
Someone just called my 9YO “gay” on Xbox and he responded with “I’m straighter than the pole your mom dances on”.
If a non-white Santa Claus makes you upset, wait till you hear what Jesus looked like.
Shout out to all the married folk out there waiting for their spouse to fall asleep on the couch so they can watch what they really want to.
If you think standing by our allies is expensive, wait until you see the cost of abandoning them.
You can’t set a Hallmark movie in the South. Unexpected snow isn’t magical down there. It’s terrifying and always leads to grocery store fights.
You know you’re getting old when you run into your friends at the pharmacy instead of at the nightclub.
I rescued a cow from a slaughterhouse today. I named it Jake from Steak Farm.
I love it when my pet sighs, like, what ails you, my little unemployed freeloader?
You can be your own Secret Santa with tequila and Amazon Prime.
We have to stop saying “How stupid can you be?” Too many people are taking it as a challenge.
I don’t drink or do drugs. At my age, I can get the same effect by standing up too fast.
My friend Sarah accidentally left her Pepsi 60 miles south of Tampa. That’s the location of Sarah’s soda.
Today is the birthday, in 1944, of Zal Yanovsky, The Lovin Spoonful, (1966 US No.1 & UK No.8 single ‘Summer In The City’). Died of a heart attack on 13th December 2002. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs8ZNa73OS4
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