"Rob Perkins" wrote in message
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Or, for a closer analogy, the day
Britain declared war.

September 1939?

I take your point, though. The order of the events in time is more
important than the exact date.

Now we have that out of the way, I'll take Jay's point. Let's honor the
Greatest Generation and the leaders who swayed nations into standing firm.
The commonality of purpose extended to the home front too.

Not all of them committed acts of heroism - my own father spent most of the
duration in a hammock in New Delhi, if you believe his own account - but
this was a time when we all did stand together and being part of a nation
really stood for something.

As it happens, Britons don't particularly mark Sep 3, although they are
probably reminded in some way each year. Armistice Day, Nov 11, is the
annual remembrance.

-- David Brooks