497...Happy Holiday;MoreBadNews For King James

Not LeBron, the other one.

Specifically today is the 319th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, a bad day for King James VII and II [he was king, er, King, of England and Ireland as the 2 and Scotland as the 7] and a good day for Syracuse's own William of Orange, also known as William III.

The Blue and Orange, Protestants, beat the Roman Catholics and that was about it, eh?

The great victory is celebrated to this very day especially in in Northern Ireland, where some Protestants remember it as the great victory over Catholics that resulted in the sovereignty of Parliament and the Protestant monarchy.

It is also commemorated in other parts of the world including here in Ontario although not at the level it was previously to the end of World War II.

Still, any excuse to party is an excuse to party.

Give 'er.

WFDS

362...Tomorrow Is A Big Day In La Belle

Fete Nationale.

St. Jean Baptiste Day.

An excuse to party.

I love living on the Ontario/Quebec border.

Extra summer holiday.

Keep on rocking in the free world.

WFDS