July 17 - This Day In History

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July 17 - This Day In History Jul 16, 2015 23:04:20 GMT -5 kacyds, Craig, and 1 more like this

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Post by MikeC99 on Jul 16, 2015 23:04:20 GMT -5

On July 17, 1917, King George V issued a royal proclamation that changed the name of the British Royal Family from the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the English name Windsor. This was due to the anti-German sentiment during WWI.

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Collecting Canada, US, UK, Ireland, Germany, France & Austria. Also collecting some classic era stamps of some British Commonwealth Island countries and topicals like WW2, Capt. Cook, Horatio Nelson.

Craig Gone But Not Forgotten Is your leg wet? Yikes! Sorry 'bout that ... Posts: 6,627 Location (Country): USA	July 17 - This Day In History Jul 16, 2015 23:20:01 GMT -5 MikeC99 and kacyds like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Craig on Jul 16, 2015 23:20:01 GMT -5 I didn't know that!

kacyds Administrator Stamp Bears Supporter Did you hear the joke about the unstamped letter? You wouldn't get it. Posts: 16,146 Location (Country): United States	July 17 - This Day In History Jul 17, 2015 8:49:44 GMT -5 MikeC99 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by kacyds on Jul 17, 2015 8:49:44 GMT -5 July 17, 1774 - Captain Cook arrives in the New Hebrides. Image courtesy of indianstampghar.com

July 17 - This Day In History

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