NZ jersey ceremony

Colonies Defeated by Great Britain in Game Two

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April 8th 2014
On the first day of the tournament, we had watched in the stands as Great Britain convincingly defeated Australia. Within the first minute of the game, GB had scored against the roos. As quickly as they had erected their flag in 1776 and claimed an entire continent as their own, they had stolen the game in 2014 as well. While the Aussies tried to battle back, it was too late, and the Union Jack pr ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Asiago

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more