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[[File:Travis McHenry on 2010-05-15.jpg|400px|thumb|Travis McHenry two weeks before leading the coup]] | [[File:Travis McHenry on 2010-05-15.jpg|400px|thumb|Travis McHenry two weeks before leading the coup]] | ||
'''The Great Return''', also called the '''2010 Coup''', and the '''Overthrow of Grand Duke Jon-Lawrence''', was an important turning point in the history of [[Westarctica]] that involved the return of the nation's founder, [[Grand Duke Travis|Travis McHenry]], to a position of power in Westarctica. | '''The Great Return''', also called the '''2010 Coup''', and the '''Overthrow of Grand Duke Jon-Lawrence''', was an important turning point in the history of [[Westarctica]] that involved the return of the nation's founder, [[Grand Duke Travis|Travis McHenry]], to a position of power in Westarctica. | ||
The Great Return is celebrated annually as a [[Public Holidays in Westarctica|public holiday in Westarctica]] on June 2nd, the day the actual transition of power occurred. | |||
==Pre-coup activities== | ==Pre-coup activities== | ||
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At the same time, Travis sent an e-mail to Jon-Lawrence Langer informing him that, due to his failure to protect the 2001 claim to [[Marie Byrd Land]] as well as his failure to represent Westarctica as a public figurehead, his service as [[Grand Duke of Westarctica]] was no longer needed; however, he was free to retain his title and lands as the [[Duke of Moulton-Berlin]]. | At the same time, Travis sent an e-mail to Jon-Lawrence Langer informing him that, due to his failure to protect the 2001 claim to [[Marie Byrd Land]] as well as his failure to represent Westarctica as a public figurehead, his service as [[Grand Duke of Westarctica]] was no longer needed; however, he was free to retain his title and lands as the [[Duke of Moulton-Berlin]]. | ||
[[ | [[File:Niels-I.jpg|thumb|400px|Grand Duke Niels of Flandrensis]] | ||
Over the next the next three days, negotiations between Westarctica and the allied nations of the [[Antarctic Micronational Union]] (AMU) erupted at a feverish pace. Wolf was the guiding voice in the negotiations, but eventually, Travis was communicating directly with [[Grand Duke Niels of Flandrensis]] and the opposing parties quickly came to a tacit resolution. | Over the next the next three days, negotiations between Westarctica and the allied nations of the [[Antarctic Micronational Union]] (AMU) erupted at a feverish pace. Wolf was the guiding voice in the negotiations, but eventually, Travis was communicating directly with [[Grand Duke Niels of Flandrensis]] and the opposing parties quickly came to a tacit resolution. | ||
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[[Category:History of Westarctica]] | [[Category:History of Westarctica]] | ||
[[Category:Government of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Government of Westarctica]] | ||
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