I suspect, Bill, that few at the party would not know the date and its significance if they thought about it and I am quite sure that some will certainly have done-------as I had, but making a fuss is not our way.
I think almost any date in the year has some significance in British history, so making a song and dance every day over this or that battle, defeat, treaty, murder, revolution, plot, discovery, significant birthday would get more than a tad tedious, so I suppose yesterday was just another anniversary to most of us. Of course we all have our own specific dates as priorities that we quietly remember. For me, 18 June 1815, 1 July 1916, August/September 1940, 6 June 1944 are significant to me and others, but not everyone will choose those dates and I don't expect them to.
" Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.
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