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30 JULY 1864—BATTLE OF THE CRATER—#CivilWar
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In an attempt to break the stalemated siege of Petersburg, U.S. Army troops detonated powerful explosives packed in a mine under an enemy strongpoint position. The detonation had the intended effect, but the assault to exploit the effort was poorly executed and was repulsed.
>frenship day
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship_Day
Friendship Day (also International Friendship Day or Friend's Day) is a day in several countries for celebrating friendship.
It was initially promoted by the greeting cards' industry; evidence from social networking sites shows a revival of interest in the holiday that may have grown with the spread of the Internet, particularly in India, Bangladesh, and Malaysia. Mobile phones, digital communication and social media have contributed to popularize the custom.
Those who promote the holiday in South Asia attribute the tradition of dedicating a day in honour of friends to have originated in the United States in 1935, but it actually dates back to 1919.
The exchange of Friendship Day gifts like flowers, cards, and wrist bands is a popular tradition on this occasion.[1][2]
It was first proposed in 1958 in Paraguay as "International Friendship Day".[3]
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Lughnasadh (Lammas)
Main articles: Lammas and Lughnasadh
Lammas or Lughnasadh (/ˈluːnæsə/) is the first of the three Wiccan harvest festivals, the other two being the autumnal equinox (or Mabon) and Samhain. Wiccans mark the holiday by baking a figure of the god in bread and eating it, to symbolise the sanctity and importance of the harvest. Celebrations vary, as not all Pagans are Wiccans. The Irish name Lughnasadh[3][30] is used in some traditions to designate this holiday. Wiccan celebrations of this holiday are neither generally based on Celtic culture nor centered on the Celtic deity Lugh. This name seems to have been a late adoption among Wiccans. In early versions of Wiccan literature the festival is referred to as August Eve.[31]
The name Lammas (contraction of loaf mass) implies it is an agrarian-based festival and feast of thanksgiving for grain and bread, which symbolises the first fruits of the harvest. Christian festivals may incorporate elements from the Pagan Ritual.[30][32]
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''"Eat little at a time, and only at need. For these things are given to serve you when all else fails. The cakes will keep sweet for many many days, if they are unbroken and left in their leaf-wrappings, as we have brought them. One will keep a traveler on his feet for a day of long labour, even if he be one of the tall Men of Minas Tirith."''
—The Fellowship of the Ring, "Farewell to Lorien"
>Lembas
Lammas
the first day of August, formerly observed in Britain as a harvest festival, during which bread baked from the first crop of wheat was blessed.
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''Lammas Day (Anglo-Saxon hlaf-mas, "loaf-mass"), also known as Loaf Mass Day, is a Christian holiday celebrated in some English-speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere on 1 August. The name originates from the word "loaf" in reference to bread and "Mass" in reference to the primary Christian liturgy celebrating Holy Communion.[4] It is a festival in the liturgical calendar to mark the blessing of the First Fruits of harvest, with a loaf of bread being brought to the church for this purpose.[3]''
On Loaf Mass Day, it is customary to bring to a Christian church a loaf made from the new crop, which began to be harvested at Lammastide, which falls at the halfway point between the summer solstice and autumn September equinox.[2][page needed] Christians also have church processions to bakeries, where those working therein are blessed by Christian clergy.[2][page needed]
Lammas has coincided with the feast of St. Peter in Chains, commemorating St. Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison, but in the liturgical reform of 1969, the feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori was transferred to this day, the day of St. Alphonsus' death.
While Loaf Mass Day is traditionally a Christian holy day, Lughnasadh is celebrated by Neopagans around the same time.[5]
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''A Chinese Kid Asks Whether Japanese People Can Be Beaten to Death'' 中共國小孩問爲什麼不把日本人打死