Bill wrote:
> John of Aix wrote:
>>> No doubt the 4th is also known by some of the
>>> people in China, Russia, and I dare say modern day Iran. Over and
>>> above that, it could as well have meaning to some native Americans,
>>> who, along with the British, may wish that the cir***stances leading
>>> up to the day had never taken place.
>>
>>
>> It is perhaps known but it means nothing in particular,
>
> And this you know how?
I lived for 25 years in the UK and have lived for 32 years in France.
July the fourth means nothing to either nation other than that they know
it is Independence Day and celebrated in the USA.
> whyever should
>> it?
> Sorry- I hadn't reckoned on the French attitude toward history. My
> mistake.
As I say, we know it but it has no bearing on our lives or even on our
history, other than that we saved your bacon at Yorktown and gave you
the Statue of Liberty. Our attitude towards history is good enough to
know that the declaration of independence is dated 4th July 1776. If you
had known that the fall of the Bastille, the official date for the
beginning of the French revolution was on the 14th July 1789 you would
be in a position to criticise, as it is, you are not.
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