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===August 2nd=== | ===August 2nd=== | ||
The date of August 2nd was selected because it was the first day the floodgates of citizenship were opened to the public as well as being the approximate mid-point of that first week of August. | The date of August 2nd was selected because it was the first day the floodgates of citizenship were opened to the public as well as being the approximate mid-point of that first week of August. | ||
==Donation of Mount Isherwood== | |||
On 29 July 2018, Grand Duke Travis began receiving requests from GISHERs who were seeking to obtain a deed of land that had been granted to a rock, tree, or other natural object. This was in the spirit of the Jackson Oak, a 95-year old oak tree in Daphne, Alabama that legally owns itself and the land under its branches. In response, His Royal Highness began donating tiny plots of land surrounding [[Mount Isherwood]], located on the coast of Westarctica between the [[Martin Peninsula]] and the [[Bear Peninsula]]. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||