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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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I levelled the city and its houses from the foundations to the top, I destroyed them, and I consumed them with fire. I tore down and removed the outer and inner walls, the temples and ziggurats built of brick, and dumped the rubble in the Arahtu canal. And after I destroyed Babylon, smashed its gods and massacred its population, I tore up its soil and threw it into the Euphrates so that it was carried by the river down to the sea
- Sennacherib of Assyria, 680 BC
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June 4
1742: The first warship is built in Canada, The Canada, was launched at Quebec City.
1869: 4e Battalion, Royal 22e Regiment: Toujours Pret (Always ready) and Je Me Souviens (I remember)
1880: Le Regiment de Maisonneuve: Bon Coeur et Bon Bras (Good heart and strong arm)
1940: Churchill's "We will fight them on the beaches" speech
1944: Allies enter Rome
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