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This was on The Daily Show last week, but today is Evacuation Day (at least in New York), so I thought I'd save it until now.
It's not just funny, it's inspiring. This is our history. But how many of us knew it?
Besides, Sarah Vowell has a real point here:
"No, I want us to celebrate victory, Washington's triumphant return to the city he lost. Americans are always so excited about the beginning of a war. What if we celebrated how we used to be good at ending 'em?"
Oh wow that's great stuff. I confess to never reading about the suffering in NYC and my dad is a Revolutionary war era expert.
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