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The Kingdom of Norway (the official name of Norway.). This familiar Nordic country in the north of Europe is bordered by Sweden on one side and the Atlantic Ocean on the other. The country was established in 872 so it has been a continuous country for 1,153 years. It is where the Vikings come from.…

Today at 1:00 pm, Mountain Time the final match of the 2026 World Cup begins. “It makes it back-to-back finals for the best player in the sport, Lionel Messi, who won his first in Qatar in 2022, and a first appearance for Spain’s prodigy Lamine Yamal.” The world’s most popular sport has been closely watched…

The Continental Union Flag (often referred to as the first American flag, Cambridge Flag, and Grand Union Flag) was the flag of the United Colonies from 1775 to 1776, and the de factoflag of the United States until 1777, when the 13-star flag was adopted by the Continental Congress. The flag of Great Britain, often referred to as the King’s Colour, Union Flag, Union Jack, and British flag (retroactively prefixed as being…

Today, July 17, is the birthday of the Queen of the United Kingdom/Northern Ireland, Camilla. Camilla Rosemary Shand was born and raised in East Sussex. She is no stranger to the spotlight and controversies. In 1973 she married British Army officer, Andrew Parker Bowles, becoming Camilla Parker Bowles. They divorced in 1995. In 1986, Camilla…

From our dear friend Erin Major, who wrote, directed and supervised the entire production. It is well worth a look see. https://youtu.be/9NmfduGp-dA?is=bwKosLZAgjP4z-CU

Kent (Ancient Greek: Κάντιον, romanized: Kántion) is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surreyto the west, and Greater London to the north-west. The county has an area of 3,544 square kilometres (1,368 sq mi) and had population of 1,875,893 in 2022, making it the fifth most populous county in England.…

Hampshire, abbreviated to Hants,) is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, Dorset to the west, and Wiltshire to the north-west. Southampton is the largest settlement, while Winchester is the county town. Settled about 14,000 years ago, Hampshire’s recorded history dates to Roman Britain, when its chief town was Venta Belgarum (now Winchester).  Winchester Cathedral, formally…

Philadelphia (/ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə/ⓘFIL-ə-DEL-fee-ə), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the United States. William Penn, an English Quaker and advocate of religious freedom, and served as the capital of the colonial era Province of Pennsylvania. It then played a vital role during the American Revolution and Revolutionary War. It served as the central meeting place…

Today is my Trombone birthday (76…you know, ‘76 Trombones lead the big parade, with 110 coronets close at hand…’) It is my birthday so I fly the flag of our namesake: Flanders. It is the Dutch speaking northern portion of Belgium. It is ‘Vlaandeeren’ in Dutch; ‘Flandre’ in French and ‘Flandern’ in German. The capital…

The Republic of Kiribati, an independent island nation composed of islands, atolls and coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean. Kiribati is another place where despite there being humans there for thousands of years, once England found it to be of strategic importance it well…took it. It was a good port to stop at while in…