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This is a new format I'm going to try, somewhat inspired by the travel guides. Essentially, taking a day in an alternate reality via news clips, articles, magazines from that reality, and post them here. If you like, just post your own reality's Day, and we can all take turns guessing at the history of that reality.
A Day in the World: Liberty's Torch
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November 19, 2013
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President David William Johnson, the first African-American President of the United States, made a visit today at the Gettysburg National Memorial, where the first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, gave his historic speech one hundred fifty years ago.
President Johnson (R 200
President Johnson delivered a reading of Lincoln's speech, finishing with those power lines:
"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
A devout Baptist, Johnson emphasized the phrase 'under God,' as his wife and four children looked on. A number of governors and descendants of former slaves were in attendance. The President's own family included Major George Washington Johnson, a medal of honor recipient who fought in the Union Army. Afterward, President Johnson spent some time walking the memorial to pay his respects.
Major G.W. Johnson, Union Soldier
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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Today, her majesty Queen Elizabeth III visited Ireland's capital, Dublin, where she visited the devolved parliament, which had recently completed its renovation for the first time in 20 years, updating the technology and facilities. The queen will speak later in Coláiste na Tríonóide (Trinity College), where she will speak entirely in Irish to the primarily Irish-speaking audience in attendance. Irish is widely-spoken in the west of Ireland, and has steadily grown across the island, with large pockets of Irish-speakers in Dublin.
HRH Queen Elizabeth III
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Germany
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Bromberg, Germany
19. November, 2013
President Annika Meißner of Germany spoke today at the Bromberg Memorial in the German state of Posen, dedicating the memorial to the lives lost in the 1943 massacre of the majority of Germany's royal families, including the then-Emperor William III and his family. It was carried out under the directive of Polish dictator Józef Piłsudski. Poland has since officially apologized to the people of Germany and the state of Posen, for annexing and occupying the state, along with East and West Prussia, Silesia, and Pomerania during the war.
President Meißner delivered a five-minute address, keeping her remarks brief and concise, with only brief moments where her resolve showed how deeply the memorial affected her, as her husband's family had also lost a relative in Bromberg on Töpferstraße, across the river. She praised the efforts of both the Americans and British during the war to push back the fascist forces on either side of Germany, their aid in rebuilding Germany, and the friendship and cooperation of both France and Poland after the war towards rebuilding Europe. Copies of the speech are available online at NovaScotiaJournal.us, Welt.de, and DailyMail.uk.
The Minister-President of Posen, Hans Seehofer, introduced the President of Germany, Annika Meißner, who was to speak at the Bromberg Memorial near Posenerplatz. Also in attendance were the American Vice President, William Van Buren, the British Prime Minister George Penning, Posen Mayor Johannes Schall, Polish President Adam Palczewski, French President Francois Boulanger, American Secretary of State David Walker, as well as several surviving family members of the victims of the Bromberg Massacre.
Hans Seehofer (NLP)
Mayor Johannes Schall (CDU)
Präsidentin Annika Meißner (NLP)
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Belfort, Germany
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German Chancellor Michael Wilhelm Dohm is visiting Belfort, Alsace-Lorraine today, in a twin ceremony commemorating those lost during the second World War. Many German politicians lost their lives in the labor camp that once stood outside the city of Belfort. He will speak later today at Reichenberg and Troppau before joining the German President at a state dinner in Berlin with a number of foreign leaders near the Bundestag.
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Frankfurt, Germany
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The financial capital of Germany, Frankfurt, is abuzz today with news of a new DAX high of 12300, hit today about 2:15 PM CET (GMT+1). The customs union and free trade zone founded as the Northern Europe Free Trade Area (which includes the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and just last year, Poland) is currently discussing whether a joint currency to replace the current exchange-locked currencies to the German Mark, a hallmark of currency stability since the late 1940s. The DAX is posting record profits in a number of German companies, BMW, PÖ, VW, DTK (Deutsche Telekom), and DM.
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Constantinople, Greece
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The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Constantine VIII, held service today at the Hagia Sophia in a widely broadcast and streamed sermon on faith and charity, bringing attention to the situation of orphans in Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria. The 25-minute sermon was attended by 2,000, including 40 Roman Catholics from Rome's Leonine City, Germany, France, Spain, and Portugal, as part of Pope Julius IV's efforts to reach out to the eastern church.
Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Patriarch Constantine VIII
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Paris, France
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Jeanine Viau just tweeted back home a picture of her visit to the Louvre, where the Mona Lisa resides, to her brother in Hamilton, the capital of Ottawa state.
"Best senior trip ever!"
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Yukon, USA
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Jefferson City, Yukon.
Today Governor of the state of Yukon called for a bill in the Yukon House of Representatives authorizing two new hydroelectric plants along the northern part of the state, which would improve reliability of the Yukon electric grid, which is separate from the state of Columbia to the south, and allow Yukon to provide more of its own electricity instead of drawing from Alaska.
Governor Bill Connor (R).
Governor Connor is descended from Tlingit natives from Klukwan, Alaska.
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Puerto Rico
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José Aguilar, Governor of the State of Puerto Rico, spent the day discussing a new bill with the Governor of the State of the Virgin Islands, Victor Merkel, to clarify the extent of their fishing rights in each others' waters, and where the boundaries between the two states should be drawn. The issue has been a contentious one since the late 1970s for both states.
Governor Victor Merkel (D), VI
Governor José Aguilar (R), PR
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DayClipper, internet newsclip service; app now available on Windows 8, Atari JaguarOS 3.5, Mac OS X, and AmigaOS.
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Top news people are clipping (sharing) from around the world:
*Star Trek: Paradox, the new movie featuring the first Captain of the Enterprise, Robert April hits #1 at the box office opening weekend. Star Trek: First Voyage, and Star Trek: Frontiers, featuring Captain April and Captain Kirk, both hit #1 when they opened in 2007 and 2010.
*Governor Jean LaCroix of Quebec visited Saint-Pierre, the easternmost city in the state, for a week of vacation, caught some Cod with his wife and the Dutch Mayor of Namur, Hubert Duchâtelet.
*Dutch sociologists fear loss of French-language ability in Brussel, Luik (Liege) as Dutch language prestige meant fewer Netherlanders teaching children French in the bilingual nation of 28 million.
*Eupen faces off against Köln in Football today. The two Rhineland cities' football fans have been eagerly awaiting the rematch since the last game, when Eupen's team defeated Köln 3-2.
*Deutsche Bahn reopened the Marburg an der Drau to Trieste German-Italian service after a train collision on the line that passed from Germany through Slovenia to the coastal Italian city, a favorite tourist destination for Germans.
*Rijeka, Slovenia is the newest port for Royal Mediterranean Cruises, along with Marseilles, Ancona, Smyrna, Constantinople, Barcelona, and Bône.
*Arlington, DC: Secretary of Defense William DeVries and Secretary of the Interior Katrina Biedermann attend the new National Observatory and Planetarium expansion. The westernmost museum in the Federal District, on the western side of the Potomac, has been an important place of scientific discovery for over 200 years, since its establishment by President Jefferson.
*Birkenfeld, Rhineland: pop singer Steffi Dhom releases her new album "Na Gut" today, with two hit singles already.
*Bône and Constantine have completed a new rail line to replace the aging line from the 1960s, with France's SNCF scheduling the first train to run next Tuesday.
*Corsica, Italy: President of the region of Corsica, Roberto Caprietti, gave a 20-year-old bottle of Vino Corsica to visiting Prime Minister of New Caledonia, Robert Allen, who is meeting up with Prime Minister John Seward of New Zealand later today in Nice, Italy for a trade summit with Italian, French, and Spanish representatives.
*Neuberg, Bougainville, Solomon Islands Territory (OTL: Arawa), capital of the German Solomon Islands Territory is holding a vote on New Caledonia's proposal to add it to the South Pacific Free Trade Area, with New Zealand and Australia. If the territory accepts, then the treaty will go to Berlin for debate in the Bundesrat before going to the German President for ratification.
A Day in the World: Liberty's Torch
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November 19, 2013
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President David William Johnson, the first African-American President of the United States, made a visit today at the Gettysburg National Memorial, where the first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, gave his historic speech one hundred fifty years ago.
President Johnson (R 200
President Johnson delivered a reading of Lincoln's speech, finishing with those power lines:
"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
A devout Baptist, Johnson emphasized the phrase 'under God,' as his wife and four children looked on. A number of governors and descendants of former slaves were in attendance. The President's own family included Major George Washington Johnson, a medal of honor recipient who fought in the Union Army. Afterward, President Johnson spent some time walking the memorial to pay his respects.
Major G.W. Johnson, Union Soldier
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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Today, her majesty Queen Elizabeth III visited Ireland's capital, Dublin, where she visited the devolved parliament, which had recently completed its renovation for the first time in 20 years, updating the technology and facilities. The queen will speak later in Coláiste na Tríonóide (Trinity College), where she will speak entirely in Irish to the primarily Irish-speaking audience in attendance. Irish is widely-spoken in the west of Ireland, and has steadily grown across the island, with large pockets of Irish-speakers in Dublin.
HRH Queen Elizabeth III
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Germany
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Bromberg, Germany
19. November, 2013
President Annika Meißner of Germany spoke today at the Bromberg Memorial in the German state of Posen, dedicating the memorial to the lives lost in the 1943 massacre of the majority of Germany's royal families, including the then-Emperor William III and his family. It was carried out under the directive of Polish dictator Józef Piłsudski. Poland has since officially apologized to the people of Germany and the state of Posen, for annexing and occupying the state, along with East and West Prussia, Silesia, and Pomerania during the war.
President Meißner delivered a five-minute address, keeping her remarks brief and concise, with only brief moments where her resolve showed how deeply the memorial affected her, as her husband's family had also lost a relative in Bromberg on Töpferstraße, across the river. She praised the efforts of both the Americans and British during the war to push back the fascist forces on either side of Germany, their aid in rebuilding Germany, and the friendship and cooperation of both France and Poland after the war towards rebuilding Europe. Copies of the speech are available online at NovaScotiaJournal.us, Welt.de, and DailyMail.uk.
The Minister-President of Posen, Hans Seehofer, introduced the President of Germany, Annika Meißner, who was to speak at the Bromberg Memorial near Posenerplatz. Also in attendance were the American Vice President, William Van Buren, the British Prime Minister George Penning, Posen Mayor Johannes Schall, Polish President Adam Palczewski, French President Francois Boulanger, American Secretary of State David Walker, as well as several surviving family members of the victims of the Bromberg Massacre.
Hans Seehofer (NLP)
Mayor Johannes Schall (CDU)
Präsidentin Annika Meißner (NLP)
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Belfort, Germany
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German Chancellor Michael Wilhelm Dohm is visiting Belfort, Alsace-Lorraine today, in a twin ceremony commemorating those lost during the second World War. Many German politicians lost their lives in the labor camp that once stood outside the city of Belfort. He will speak later today at Reichenberg and Troppau before joining the German President at a state dinner in Berlin with a number of foreign leaders near the Bundestag.
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Frankfurt, Germany
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The financial capital of Germany, Frankfurt, is abuzz today with news of a new DAX high of 12300, hit today about 2:15 PM CET (GMT+1). The customs union and free trade zone founded as the Northern Europe Free Trade Area (which includes the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and just last year, Poland) is currently discussing whether a joint currency to replace the current exchange-locked currencies to the German Mark, a hallmark of currency stability since the late 1940s. The DAX is posting record profits in a number of German companies, BMW, PÖ, VW, DTK (Deutsche Telekom), and DM.
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Constantinople, Greece
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The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Constantine VIII, held service today at the Hagia Sophia in a widely broadcast and streamed sermon on faith and charity, bringing attention to the situation of orphans in Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria. The 25-minute sermon was attended by 2,000, including 40 Roman Catholics from Rome's Leonine City, Germany, France, Spain, and Portugal, as part of Pope Julius IV's efforts to reach out to the eastern church.
Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Patriarch Constantine VIII
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Paris, France
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Jeanine Viau just tweeted back home a picture of her visit to the Louvre, where the Mona Lisa resides, to her brother in Hamilton, the capital of Ottawa state.
"Best senior trip ever!"
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Yukon, USA
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Jefferson City, Yukon.
Today Governor of the state of Yukon called for a bill in the Yukon House of Representatives authorizing two new hydroelectric plants along the northern part of the state, which would improve reliability of the Yukon electric grid, which is separate from the state of Columbia to the south, and allow Yukon to provide more of its own electricity instead of drawing from Alaska.
Governor Bill Connor (R).
Governor Connor is descended from Tlingit natives from Klukwan, Alaska.
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Puerto Rico
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José Aguilar, Governor of the State of Puerto Rico, spent the day discussing a new bill with the Governor of the State of the Virgin Islands, Victor Merkel, to clarify the extent of their fishing rights in each others' waters, and where the boundaries between the two states should be drawn. The issue has been a contentious one since the late 1970s for both states.
Governor Victor Merkel (D), VI
Governor José Aguilar (R), PR
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DayClipper, internet newsclip service; app now available on Windows 8, Atari JaguarOS 3.5, Mac OS X, and AmigaOS.
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Top news people are clipping (sharing) from around the world:
*Star Trek: Paradox, the new movie featuring the first Captain of the Enterprise, Robert April hits #1 at the box office opening weekend. Star Trek: First Voyage, and Star Trek: Frontiers, featuring Captain April and Captain Kirk, both hit #1 when they opened in 2007 and 2010.
*Governor Jean LaCroix of Quebec visited Saint-Pierre, the easternmost city in the state, for a week of vacation, caught some Cod with his wife and the Dutch Mayor of Namur, Hubert Duchâtelet.
*Dutch sociologists fear loss of French-language ability in Brussel, Luik (Liege) as Dutch language prestige meant fewer Netherlanders teaching children French in the bilingual nation of 28 million.
*Eupen faces off against Köln in Football today. The two Rhineland cities' football fans have been eagerly awaiting the rematch since the last game, when Eupen's team defeated Köln 3-2.
*Deutsche Bahn reopened the Marburg an der Drau to Trieste German-Italian service after a train collision on the line that passed from Germany through Slovenia to the coastal Italian city, a favorite tourist destination for Germans.
*Rijeka, Slovenia is the newest port for Royal Mediterranean Cruises, along with Marseilles, Ancona, Smyrna, Constantinople, Barcelona, and Bône.
*Arlington, DC: Secretary of Defense William DeVries and Secretary of the Interior Katrina Biedermann attend the new National Observatory and Planetarium expansion. The westernmost museum in the Federal District, on the western side of the Potomac, has been an important place of scientific discovery for over 200 years, since its establishment by President Jefferson.
*Birkenfeld, Rhineland: pop singer Steffi Dhom releases her new album "Na Gut" today, with two hit singles already.
*Bône and Constantine have completed a new rail line to replace the aging line from the 1960s, with France's SNCF scheduling the first train to run next Tuesday.
*Corsica, Italy: President of the region of Corsica, Roberto Caprietti, gave a 20-year-old bottle of Vino Corsica to visiting Prime Minister of New Caledonia, Robert Allen, who is meeting up with Prime Minister John Seward of New Zealand later today in Nice, Italy for a trade summit with Italian, French, and Spanish representatives.
*Neuberg, Bougainville, Solomon Islands Territory (OTL: Arawa), capital of the German Solomon Islands Territory is holding a vote on New Caledonia's proposal to add it to the South Pacific Free Trade Area, with New Zealand and Australia. If the territory accepts, then the treaty will go to Berlin for debate in the Bundesrat before going to the German President for ratification.
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