For some reason this reminds me of @thantmyintu 's description of the bringing down of the Union Jack in Myanmar following independence: "Sir Hubert's Rolls-Royce (now with a collector in Baltimore, Maryland) finally turned into Fytche Square, where a small party of British...https://twitter.com/NicolaRBartlett/status/1223323398694150145 …
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...and Burmese notables were already assembled expectantly against the charcoal sky. Speeches were given, the Union Jack was lowered for the last time, and the new flag of the Union of Burma was hauled up, the faces of the young Burmese politicians beaming with happiness...
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... The governor shook hands with the republic's new president and prime minister while several of the Englishwomen, wives of senior officials, quietly wept." Seriously one of the best descriptions of the colonial experience I've read!
12:13 - 31. sij 2020.
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