Today is a holiday in the city of Boston, MA and the rest of Suffolk County. In March of 1776, Henry Knox successfully completed his mission of retrieving the canon from the captured fort of Ticonderoga.
Washington then had them placed on top of Dorchester Heights in South Boston and aimed them down at the city. Realizing Washington had him dead to rights, General Howe agreed to take his troops and his fleet and get the hell out. They left Boston and sailed for Nova Scotia on March 17th.
The city has been celebrating this victory ever since, and in 1901 it finally became an official holiday. I've never really understood how all of the green beer, shamrocks, and leprechauns fit in.
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The definition of crap, according to the dictionary
crap: an offensive term for nonsense, or something worthless or annoying.
That's a pretty good description of what you'll find here. Although much of it will be worthless, hopefully it won't be too annoying and occasionally you will find something of value buried within the nonsense.
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