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12-08-2003, 12:48 AM
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High King of Númenórë
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Númenórë <--United States of America
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The Day that will live in Infamy...
Ok I know there is only 15 minutes left on this day December 7th, but I was out all day and didn't get to post this. Today was a very important day for us Americans. I thought it was appropriate to remember Pearl Harbor. Today, December 7th, 62 years ago, Japan attacked us. It's amazing how certain days in history that would have been normally an obscure day are long remembered for unfortunate instances. Just as Pearl Harbor occurred, some 60 years later we are awoken again with 9/11. These are the days that have made our country great, the days where we have seen the true American spirit, the bond of patriotism and love for what we have and who we are.
Here is a great piece that National Geographic put together on Pearl Harbor... http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com.../frameset.html Here is info on the ships and planes at Pearl Harbor as well, this is pretty neat: http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com...bor_facts.html
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'Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta!' - And those were the words that Elendil spoke when he came up out of the Sea on the wings of the wind: 'Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I am come. In this place will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world.' 'Then Tuor arrayed himself in the hauberk, and set the helm upon his head, and he girt himself with the sword; black were sheath and belt with clasps of silver. Thus armed he went forth from Turgon's hall, and stood upon the high terraces of Taras in the red light of the sun. None were there to see him, as he gazed westward, gleaming in silver and gold, and he knew not that in that hour he appeared as one of the Mighty of the West, and fit to be father of the kings of the Kings of Men beyond the Sea, as it was indeed his doom to be; but in the taking of those arms a change came upon Tuor son of Huor, and his heart grew great within him. And as he stepped down from the doors the swans did him reverence, and plucking each a great feather from their wings they proffered them to him, laying their long necks upon the stone before his feet; and he took the seven feathers and set them in the crest of his helm, and straightway the swans arose and flew north in the sunset, and Tuor saw them no more.' -Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin "Oh. Forgive me, fairest of all males of Entmoot...Back down, all ye other wannabe fairest males! Dunedain is the fairest!" --Linaewen 
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