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    Every year on this day, a crowd gathers outside a certain cultural institution in Philadelphia in order to listen to a series of people reading something out loud. What is read, why is it read on this particular day of the year, and why does this institution sponsor this annual event?

    Question #67035. Asked by lanfranco. (Jun 16 06 3:41 PM)


    MyAlias

    		And we are not speaking of Mr. Grant.

    http://www.phillyfunguide.com/event.php?id=5553

    http://www.phillyfunguide.com/event.php?id=5553

    Jun 16 06, 3:57 PM
    MyAlias

    		If that is not what you seek....Then....."That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.


    http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/Lincoln/emancipate.html


    http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/Lincoln/emancipate.html

    Jun 16 06, 4:03 PM
    lanfranco

    		"Stately, plump Buck Mulligan ... "

    And a Happy Bloomsday to you, MyAlias!

    Since the Rosenbach Library and Museum owns Joyce's manuscript, it likes to make this little fuss each year. It's quite a lot of fun.



    Jun 16 06, 4:04 PM
    MyAlias

    		But I do think that this is what you seek.


    April 26, 2004 - Philadelphia, PA - The Rosenbach Museum & Library joins cities around the world to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday¾the day on which James Joyce's Ulysses takes place¾on Wednesday, June 16, 2004.


    http://www.rosenbach.org/information/bloomsday04.doc



    http://www.rosenbach.org/information/bloomsday04.doc

    Jun 16 06, 4:06 PM
    MyAlias

    		I included the E/P because it is being read today also.

    Jun 16 06, 4:07 PM
    lanfranco

    		No, Juneteenth is the 19th. I really was looking for the Rosenbach's Bloomsday celebrations.

    Here's the Rosenbach site:


    http://www.rosenbach.org/programs/bloomsday.html

    Jun 16 06, 4:07 PM
    MyAlias

    		Yes it is. But I do see that the festivities do start today.

    And Thank You for the EDUCATION.

    Jun 16 06, 4:10 PM

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