After a referendum for independence the previous month that crossed the required 55% threshold, Montenegro became independent of Serbia on this day in 2006.
Itsenäisyyspäivän rutiineihin kuului vuosikaudet vierailu ukin luona. Se oli aina jotenkin tosi konkreettinen muistutus itsenäisyydestä kun kiitti ukkia uhrauksista mitä hän oli joutunut tekemään. Ukki yleensä kuittasi asian savolaisittain: "Nooh... kiitoksia nyt sitten... mitteepä tuosta." 😄
Ukki ei ole ollut vuosiin elossa. Koitan silti pitää mielessä, että itsenäisyys ei ole päivänselvyys.
Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää kaikille! 🥳 :finland_heart:
The Area 51 laboratory from #N64 game Perfect Dark (2000) is clearly modelled on the Area 51 laboratory from Independence Day (1996) #Area51#IndependenceDay
Wishing Antiguans and Barbudans everywhere a Happy 42nd Independence Anniversary 🇦🇬
Here's some Antiguan and Barbudan madras and headtie history. Enslaved Africans transformed the material into a symbol of their identity: https://www.instagram.com/p/CplnLs9PMF7/
I would like to see my country as a reliable partner in #EU and #NATO and a predictable ally in defending #democracy and moral values in a strong and prosperous #Europe.
Can't believe it's been so long since #IndyRef. Nine years! Had we voted #Yes back then (I did), we'd be celebrating #Scottish#IndependenceDay this week. And we'd likely still be i the #EU. #Scotland
"The great people of the great Ukraine, celebrating today a great day - #IndependenceDay! A holiday of free people. A holiday of strong people. A holiday of people with dignity. A holiday of equals. Ukrainian men and women. All of them. In our entire country.
Today we celebrate the 32nd anniversary of our independence - the independence of Ukraine. This is a value for each of us"
India was liberated from the British Empire, ending one of the most brutal crimes in history. We look back at the Empire in horror while committing even worse crimes against nonhuman animals for profit and pleasure.
It's a good day to remind folks that part of the reason we have the "Illuminati control the world" conspiracy theory is that European elites couldn't bring themselves to believe that a bunch of fucking peasants DID THAT and found it more plausible that a small group of Bavarian intellectuals and their banker friends convinced thousands of French men and women to revolt. Cause, ya know, they'd have never thought of it otherwise.
#BenAndJerrys have this wonderful post on their homepage 👏
Here it goes:
The #US Was Founded on Stolen #Indigenous Land—This #July4, Let’s Commit to Returning It
Ah, the Fourth of July. Who doesn't love a good parade, some tasty barbecue, and a stirring fireworks display? The only problem with all that, though, is that it can distract from an essential truth about this nation’s birth: The US was founded on stolen Indigenous land.
But what is the meaning of #IndependenceDay for those whose land this country stole, those who were murdered and forced with brutal violence onto #reservations, those who were pushed from their holy places and denied their #freedom?
Milwaukee July 3rd lakefront fireworks canceled; business impacted (www.fox6now.com)
From the Article:...