Please do! The more interesting one is in thread above, where I learned early US flag, that which Washington would have waved early on, was East India Company. He apparently scrambled to correct this with Betsy Ross quickly, but the stripes remained and never had anything to do with 13 colonies.
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this is one of the stain glass sheets of Selby Abbey in North Yorkshire, England, this church is the ancestral church of the Washington lineage.
I must learn more about this! Brb
Coincidence?? Also learned that Wessington may have been original form of last name, as John Wessington/Washington was who it was commemorating.
It’s a beautiful part of the country, come stay in York, and drive down to Selby Abbey in 30mins to see it and talk to the people there. 😊
With all the grandiose cathedrals I have visited, this is the one I feel comfortable in. It is beautiful and unworldly.
It's quite beautiful. They really don't build them like they used to.
Added to list of places to check out if I ever am in the neighborhood... not likely anytime soon though.
Must. Stop. Wasting. Time...
I learned US acknowledged in 1993 in something known as Apology Resolution that, "acknowledges that the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii occurred with the active participation of agents and citizens of the United States and further acknowledges that the Native Hawaiian people never directly relinquished to the United States their claims to their inherent sovereignty as a people over their national lands"
Translation, yeah we stole it, sorry 🤷♀️
That's enough history for one day 😮💨