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Mon 22 Jun, 2015 12:16 pm
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The proclamations which were issued as jokes are easily to be recognized. Norton had no part in them as they were the work of the conscienceless wags and amiable villains of the times. One of these fictitious documents was issued in observance of the forty-sixth birthday of the Emperor:
Owing to unsettled questions between His Majesty Maximilian I, El Duque de Gwino, The Tycoon, the King of the Mosquitos, the King of the Cannibal Islands, &c., the usual display of bunting on foreign shipping and on public buildings, in commemoration of our 46th birthday, will be omitted.
Feb. 4, 1865.
@oristarA,
Bunting, in this context, is a noun meaning "patriotic decoration".
Bunting is flags or pieces of coloured cloth, often on on strings or ropes, used to decorate buildings, ships etc for festive purposes.
@oristarA,
Bunting is here a nautical term, the hoisting of all 40 sailing code flags as a kind of festive garland from the lean bow over the mast(s) to the stern.
@Region Philbis,
But that isn't bunting on public buildings.
@Region Philbis,
This is bunting too....
I think that would look quite festive displayed on buildings and ships.
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