[78-L] ^ Story of the LP

[William A Brent]

At 02:35 PM 12/1/2008, you wrote:
>  I remember getting detention in high school when I disagreed with the
>teacher when he said WWI ended in 1918 and I said it actually didn't end
>until 1920 when the Treaty of Versailles took effect, but actually I guess
>it was 1923 when a treaty was finally signed by Turkey!

I had a similar problem when I argued that the US did not gain independence
in 1776 - they (we) simply declared it - it wasn't won until King 
George finally said
"enough!" (or at least until the treaty of Paris was ratified in 
January of 1784).
- just to make myself even more annoying, I maintained the 
bicentennial should have
been in June of 1988 - 200 years after the constitution was ratified.

oh well :-(