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August
03-17-11, 10:13 PM
Happy Evacuation Day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_Day_%28Massachusetts%29
krashkart
03-17-11, 10:37 PM
I learn something new every day. :up:
TorpX
03-17-11, 10:51 PM
Very interesting. I never heard of this before. :salute:
Gargamel
03-18-11, 12:09 AM
oh thought you meant Tokyo.....
Sailor Steve
03-18-11, 12:29 AM
Cool! I was had not heard of the holiday either.
Betonov
03-18-11, 03:14 AM
The evacuation of an ocupational force is a big event for a nation gaining independence. We have a similar event on the 25th and 26th october when the last troops of the Yugoslav army were evacuated from Slovenia.

So, how do you celebrate, pick some poor buggers, dress them in red and kick them towards city limits ?? :DL
PhantomLord
03-18-11, 04:46 AM
Something new every day :DL
Never thought there´s a celebration or holiday of an evacuation...

Maybe there´s an evacuation holiday week in far future? From 26th May to 3rd June... (Dunkirk 1940) :D (sorry couldnt resist)
papa_smurf
03-18-11, 05:19 AM
You just had to bring it up......were trying to forget that day:nope:.
PhantomLord
03-18-11, 05:35 AM
Sorry... i dont wanted to bring such feelings up. It was a flash in my mind that forces me to write this without thinking about. :(

I deeply respect the bad feelings about this time and ask pardon for touching this sore spot.
Dowly
03-18-11, 06:17 AM
So, how do you celebrate, pick some poor buggers, dress them in red and kick them towards city limits ?? :DL

:rotfl2::rotfl2: :up:
August
03-18-11, 09:25 AM
The evacuation of an ocupational force is a big event for a nation gaining independence. We have a similar event on the 25th and 26th october when the last troops of the Yugoslav army were evacuated from Slovenia.

So, how do you celebrate, pick some poor buggers, dress them in red and kick them towards city limits ?? :DL

Naw, that's on Patriots day. :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots%27_Day
Bilge_Rat
03-18-11, 09:35 AM
there used to be one for New York also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_Day_(New_York)

although it should really be called "Day when Her Majesty's Royal Army was kind enough to leave on their own accord" :D
August
03-18-11, 09:38 AM
there used to be one for New York also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_Day_(New_York (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_Day_%28New_York))

although it should really be called "Day when Her Majesty's Royal Army was kind enough to leave on their own accord" :D

Copy cat. :DL
STEED
03-18-11, 12:16 PM
You just had to bring it up......were trying to forget that day:nope:.

In the words of Clarkson..."Relax".
nikimcbee
03-18-11, 12:28 PM
Your welcome August. So did you get a day off?

On a side note, too bad Jim and Steed didn't make it to the last subsim meeting. We were going to have a special ceremony for you.:O::D


The 11-month siege of Boston (http://www.subsim.com/wiki/Siege_of_Boston) ended when the Continental Army (http://www.subsim.com/wiki/Continental_Army), under the command of George Washington (http://www.subsim.com/wiki/George_Washington), fortified Dorchester Heights (http://www.subsim.com/wiki/Fortification_of_Dorchester_Heights) in early March 1776 with cannons (http://www.subsim.com/wiki/Cannon) captured at Ticonderoga (http://www.subsim.com/wiki/Capture_of_Fort_Ticonderoga). British General William Howe (http://www.subsim.com/wiki/William_Howe,_5th_Viscount_Howe), whose garrison and navy were threatened by these positions, was forced to decide between attack and retreat. To prevent what could have been a repeat of the Battle of Bunker Hill (http://www.subsim.com/wiki/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill), Howe decided to retreat, withdrawing from Boston to Nova Scotia (http://www.subsim.com/wiki/Nova_Scotia) on March 17.


And McBee's fought in that Battle.

We checked it out at the last meet (a quick hike to Bunker Hill):up:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3319/3619118280_2c768fd707.jpg?v=0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2433/3619118738_85c0d2e329.jpg
Jimbuna
03-18-11, 01:17 PM
Your welcome August. So did you get a day off?

On a side note, too bad Jim and Steed didn't make it to the last subsim meeting. We were going to have a special ceremony for you.:O::D



And McBee's fought in that Battle.

We checked it out at the last meet (a quick hike to Bunker Hill):up:


Now that would have been a new experience for both of us.

I've never been to Bunker Hill and I doubt you've ever had a 'Geordie Kiss' whilst standing on its peak :DL
nikimcbee
03-18-11, 01:33 PM
Now that would have been a new experience for both of us.

I've never been to Bunker Hill and I doubt you've ever had a 'Geordie Kiss' whilst standing on its peak :DL


:har:
Jimbuna
03-18-11, 02:12 PM
Now that would have been a new experience for both of us.

I've never been to Bunker Hill and I doubt you've ever had a 'Geordie Kiss' whilst standing on its peak :DL

:har:

:O::03:
Tchocky
03-18-11, 02:16 PM
Paddy's day? Sounds like an evacuation day to me :woot:
August
03-18-11, 03:48 PM
Your welcome August. So did you get a day off?


Unfortunately no. Nor will I get Patriots day off as the schools owners are Rhode Islanders, and Papists, so I'll get Good Friday off instead. I'll keep lobbying though. The reenactment at Concord Bridge is a sight to see.
Takeda Shingen
03-18-11, 03:55 PM
Like many, this was new to me. Thanks for sharing it with us, August. :up:
August
03-18-11, 04:05 PM
You're all quite welcome. Hope our British cousins know that it's all in good fun.
Jimbuna
03-18-11, 04:14 PM
You're all quite welcome. Hope our British cousins know that it's all in good fun.

Why should we mind?

We could come back and take your/our country back any time we wanted....all we have to do is send our carriers and bomb you with our Harriers and oh, er wait a minute :hmmm::oops::damn:

:DL
nikimcbee
03-20-11, 12:45 PM
Unfortunately no. Nor will I get Patriots day off as the schools owners are Rhode Islanders, and Papists, so I'll get Good Friday off instead. I'll keep lobbying though. The reenactment at Concord Bridge is a sight to see.

those b#st@rds!:o I'll bet they like manhatten chowder too!:o:haha:
nikimcbee
03-20-11, 12:48 PM
Why should we mind?

We could come back and take your/our country back any time we wanted....all we have to do is send our carriers and bomb you with our Harriers and oh, er wait a minute :hmmm::oops::damn:

:DL

And Prince Charles will lead this expedition, right?:hmmm:
nikimcbee
03-20-11, 12:50 PM
You're all quite welcome. Hope our British cousins know that it's all in good fun.

Yeah August, you need to meet Jim, he's a great guy.:salute:

One of these days we'll save enough quid and make a trip of it.
Tchocky
03-20-11, 12:56 PM
And Prince Charles will lead this expedition, right?:hmmm:

Think we've seen this one before!

http://i.imgur.com/0sugX.jpg

:arrgh!:
Jimbuna
03-20-11, 02:04 PM
Didn't know we still had as many as seven ships in the Royal Navy :o
Gargamel
03-20-11, 02:06 PM
Didn't know we still had as many as seven ships in the Royal Navy :o

Oh, you don't..... the 4 without custom sails are just loaners from France.

And you can clearly see the one in the back right is the carrier you have to rent from them.... cept they seem to have put a mast in the middle of the flight deck... :hmmm:
Jimbuna
03-20-11, 02:29 PM
Oh, you don't..... the 4 without custom sails are just loaners from France.

And you can clearly see the one in the back right is the carrier you have to rent from them.... cept they seem to have put a mast in the middle of the flight deck... :hmmm:

That mast on the flight deck won't get in the way....we've no aircraft for the flight deck :DL