It must be a drastically different part of the world over in Ireland, as they celebrate Imbolc, or Brigid's Day (St. Brigid that is) today as the 'beginning of Spring'...
Say whut? Doesn't feel much like the start of spring yet. It's a mixture, or a "Christianization" of the gaelic/pagan celebration.
Keeping with the Gaels and women, it was on this day in 1587 that Queen Elizabeth I had signed a death warrant for her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots.
Oh family.
Speaking of some strife, it was on this day that Canada moved to unify the 3 'branches' of the military: Navy, Army, Air into just "Canadian Forces".
Oddly enough, within the "Canadian Forces" there are still the branches called the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force (the original names of the divisions, but were changed to Land Force, Air Command and Maritime Command, but changed back in 2011) ... so ... I guess just having one group overseeing all kinda simplifies things for a government end?
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