[SOC] Empire State

[John Birkett]

<chris.redding@g4pdj.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> To USA SOCs
> 
> The Empire State Building is to be floodlit in Royal
> Purple and Gold on Tuesday night in celebration of
> Her Maj's Jubilee.
> 
> Given that 1) she is (from your viewpoint) the
> figurehead of a small, distant, foreign country, and
> 2) there are still tears left to be shed in
> Manhattan, can I just pass on how much this gesture
> is appreciated.
> 
> Chris GQ4PDJ
> 
Speaking of gestures being appreciated, it would be
awfully hard to top your playing of our national
anthem (for the first time ever) at the changing of
the guard a day so after 9/11. 

John KC2HTP

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