Post 9iF1ymncUE9EK8CJ0K by chotee@social.weho.st
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 (DIR) Post #9iEz24v3H3C3WmYHrs by webmind@social.weho.st
       2019-04-27T18:14:43Z
       
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       Dutch kingsday trivia: the red-white-blue flag is actually the dutch republican flag 'statenvlag'.
       
 (DIR) Post #9iF1ymncUE9EK8CJ0K by chotee@social.weho.st
       2019-04-27T18:47:41Z
       
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       @webmind It always reminds me that The Netherlands is actually one of the earliest examples of modern a republic, founded in 1588. The current crop of royals only got installed in  1813 after the French kingdom collapsed. Had interim rulers of '13 been more enlightened, We'd all be spared this patronizing medieval  theatre.