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There would be a day- there must be a day- when he would come back to Gramarye with a new Round Table which had no corners, just as the world had none- a table without boundaries between the nations who would sit to feast there. The hope of making it would lie in culture. If people could be persuaded to read and write, not just eat and make love, there was still a chance that they might come to reason."

- T.H. White; "The Once and Future King"

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Today in Military History

September 14



1852:

The Duke of Wellington Dies


1857:

VC won by Surgeon Herbert Taylor Reade, 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot (British Army), Delhi, India


1866:

The Elgin Regiment: Officium Primum


1866:

The Grey and Simcoe Foresters: Tenacious and Versatile


1866:

The Highland Fusiliers of Canada: Defence


1866:

The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment): Air Son Ar Duthchais (For our heritage)


1866:

The Ontario Regiment: Fidelis et Paratus


1866:

The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment)


1944:

RIMINI LINE, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 21 Sept 44)


2011:

Taliban occupy building and conduct attacks on ISAF HQ and US Embassy in Kabul.




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