Talk:140th Anniversary Celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation

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Did you know... that the Emancipation Proclamation was ceremoniously read on the 140th anniversary of its signing under the oak tree where Mary Smith Peake taught children of former slaves in 1861?

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140th (Year?) Anniversary

Did they really call it the "140th Year Anniversary", and not just "140th Anniversary"? Really? How dumb.

An anniversary is an inherently annual thing. The word is derived from the Latin word "annus", year (remember the Queen's "annus horribilis"?), making the word "year" redundant. What the hell is going on with the official dumbing down of our language? -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:36, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]