Two years ago, during a family reunion, I shocked and delighted my farm-grown parents, aunts, and uncles by announcing, I want that, as a platter of bison kebabs arrived at our restaurant table
By the late nineteenth century, an officer's full dress uniform consisted of a navy double-breasted tailcoat with white facings edged in gold (on the collar and cuff-slashes), gold lace (indicating rank) on the cuffs, epaulettes, sword and sword-belt, worn with gold-laced trousers (except for sublieutenants and warrant officers) and a cocked hat
These rules applied to everyone from the king sitting on the throne to a simple Viscount
Traditions and Events [edit] El Salvador celebrates many holidays and traditions, including International Women's Day