> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Halupovich Ilana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: woensdag 24 april 2002 8:52
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: RE: Resolved: War is immoral

> << which brings unconnected question - what *do* you do in your country
> at 9-May?>>
> 
> Jeroen
> <<Nothing special, since it is not some kind of special day to us. What
> *should* we be doing on May 9th, then?>>
> 
> Ilana
> In Soviet Union (and now in what left of it) this date is The Victory
> Day - the end of WWII.

<snipped rest of explanation>

We celebrate that too, albeit a few days earlier. May 4 is Memorial Day
(ceremonies, two minutes of silence), May 5 is Liberation Day (celebrations
all over the country).


Jeroen

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