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[InkaUtexas 26776]

16 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

Ahem. The Alamo, anyone?

Amateurs compared to the Serbs. Not only did they lose, giving the Turks entry into the Balkans, they betrayed themselves.

7 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

The Irish are also pretty good at celebrating wins and losses that  happened many hundreds of years ago.

Also Amateurs.

[RDCanecutter 26812]

2 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

The Irish are also pretty good at celebrating wins and losses that  happened many hundreds of years ago.

Hence my theme song. On closer investigation, Sullivans march across Ireland, probably committing mayhem, other local Irish commit mayhem back. Drink beer, hum a tune.

 

[atomheartbevo 90480]

41 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

Hence my theme song. On closer investigation, Sullivans march across Ireland, probably committing mayhem, other local Irish commit mayhem back. Drink beer, hum a tune.

Even though it’s ostensibly an American song, it seems like when any Irishman gets drunk, they automatically know how to belt out the entirety of “Mr. Brightside”.

[RDCanecutter 26812]

1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

Even though it’s ostensibly an American song, it seems like when any Irishman gets drunk, they automatically know how to belt out the entirety of “Mr. Brightside”.

Makes an awesome ring tone too, while bringing back memories of scouting around San Antonio with Czech friends.

And at least it's not The Corrs, flavorless smooth-peanut-butter music that the Irish girls were stuck on back in the Aughts.

Actually the Irish I hung out back then were big Dixie Chicks fans. They couldn't tell Hillbilly from Irish. Which I guess is the point.

[SL Xpress 7594]

2 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

Ahem. The Alamo, anyone?

I like Gallipoli as an example. 

[InkaUtexas 26776]

12 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

I like Gallipoli as an example. 

Brits and Aussies are not using it to call for Genocide of the Turks.

Serbs use Kosovo Polje to justify all their wars against all their neighbors. Bold is mine.

The mythologization of the battle and writings began shortly after the event, though the legend was not fully formed immediately after the battle but evolved from different originators into various versions. In Serbian folklore, the Kosovo Myth acquired new meanings and importance during the rise of Serbian nationalism in the 19th century as the Serbian state sought to expand, especially towards Kosovo which was still part of the Ottoman Empire. In modern discourse, the battle would come to be seen as integral to Serbian history, tradition and national identity. Vidovdan is celebrated on June 28 and is an important Serbian national and religious holiday as a memorial day for the Battle of Kosovo.^[10]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kosovo

 

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The Battle of Kosovo took place on 15 June 1389^[A] between an army led by the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović and an invading army of the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan Murad Hüdavendigâr.

The battle was fought on the Kosovo field in the territory ruled by Serbian nobleman Vuk Branković, in what is today Kosovo, about 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) northwest of the modern city of Pristina. The army under Prince Lazar consisted mostly of his own troops, a contingent led by Branković, and a contingent sent from Bosnia by King Tvrtko I, commanded by Vlatko Vuković. However, Lazar was also supported by a Christian coalition from various European ethnic groups. Prince Lazar was the ruler of Moravian Serbia and the most powerful among the Serbian regional lords of the time, while Branković ruled the District of Branković and other areas, recognizing Lazar as his overlord.

Reliable historical accounts of the battle are scarce.^[9] The bulk of both armies were wiped out, and Lazar and Murad were killed. The battle marked the only time in history when an Ottoman Sultan was killed in battle. Serbian manpower was depleted and had no capacity to field large armies against future Ottoman campaigns, which relied on new reserve forces from Anatolia. The Serbian principalities that were not already Ottoman vassals, became so in the following years.

 

[SL Xpress 7594]

2 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Brits and Aussies are not using it to call for Genocide of the Turks.

Serbs use Kosovo Polje to justify all their wars against all their neighbors. Bold is mine.

The mythologization of the battle and writings began shortly after the event, though the legend was not fully formed immediately after the battle but evolved from different originators into various versions. In Serbian folklore, the Kosovo Myth acquired new meanings and importance during the rise of Serbian nationalism in the 19th century as the Serbian state sought to expand, especially towards Kosovo which was still part of the Ottoman Empire. In modern discourse, the battle would come to be seen as integral to Serbian history, tradition and national identity. Vidovdan is celebrated on June 28 and is an important Serbian national and religious holiday as a memorial day for the Battle of Kosovo.^[10]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kosovo

 

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The Battle of Kosovo took place on 15 June 1389^[A] between an army led by the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović and an invading army of the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan Murad Hüdavendigâr.

The battle was fought on the Kosovo field in the territory ruled by Serbian nobleman Vuk Branković, in what is today Kosovo, about 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) northwest of the modern city of Pristina. The army under Prince Lazar consisted mostly of his own troops, a contingent led by Branković, and a contingent sent from Bosnia by King Tvrtko I, commanded by Vlatko Vuković. However, Lazar was also supported by a Christian coalition from various European ethnic groups. Prince Lazar was the ruler of Moravian Serbia and the most powerful among the Serbian regional lords of the time, while Branković ruled the District of Branković and other areas, recognizing Lazar as his overlord.

Reliable historical accounts of the battle are scarce.^[9] The bulk of both armies were wiped out, and Lazar and Murad were killed. The battle marked the only time in history when an Ottoman Sultan was killed in battle. Serbian manpower was depleted and had no capacity to field large armies against future Ottoman campaigns, which relied on new reserve forces from Anatolia. The Serbian principalities that were not already Ottoman vassals, became so in the following years.

 

No doubt. I was thinking of it specifically as the recognition of a defeat as a day celebrating the birth of a new national identity.