National holiday in Egypt
While walking the dogs this morning I was wondering why there were so many men in uniform around.
After a while it dawned on me that it’s the 6th of October.
This is from Wiki and explains what this holiday is all about:
The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War (Hebrew: מלחמת יום הכיפורים; transliterated: Milẖemet Yom HaKipurim or מלחמת יום כיפור, Milẖemet Yom Kipur; Arabic: حرب أكتوبر; transliterated: ħarb October or حرب تشرين, ħarb Tishrin), also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to October 26, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states backing Egypt and Syria. The war began with a joint surprise attack against Israel by Egypt and Syria on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism. Egypt and Syria respectively crossed the cease-fire lines in the Sinai and the Golan Heights, which had been captured and occupied by Israel since the 1967 Six-Day War.[13]
Attacking across the Suez Canal, the Egyptians were successful during the first four days of the war, following which the front settled into a stalemate. After a disastrous Egyptian attempt to renew the offensive, the Israelis counterattacked, striking at the seam between two Egyptian armies. In over a week of heavy fighting, the Israelis crossed the Suez Canal (where the old ceasefire line had been), and eventually cut off elements of the Egyptian Third Army after a United Nations cease-fire had failed. The Syrian attack on the Golan Heights achieved modest gains during the first 24–48 hours, after which momentum began to swing in Israel’s favor. By the second week of the war, the Syrians had been pushed out of the heights as the Israelis launched their own counterattack.
The war had far-reaching implications for many nations. The Arab World, which had been humiliated by the lopsided defeat of the Egyptian-Syrian-Jordanian alliance during the Six-Day War, felt psychologically vindicated by its string of victories early in the conflict. This vindication paved the way for the peace process that followed, as well as liberalizations such as Egypt’s infitah policy. The Camp David Accords, which came soon after, led to normalized relations between Egypt and Israel—the first time any Arab country had recognized the Israeli state. Egypt, which had already been drifting away from the Soviet Union, then left the Soviet sphere of influence entirely.
And here’s a short version from Mark the day:
About Armed Forces Day
The Armed Forces Day is celebrated on October 6th of each year in Egypt. The Egyptian forces crossed the Suez Canal on this day in 1973 during the war against Israel. Celebrating the day in 1973 when combined Egyptian and Syrian forces launched a surprise attack on Israel and crossed into the Sinai Peninsula. So this marked the beginning of the October War. It is a public holiday of Egypt. Today celebrates the soldiers carry colored flags and march in different formations. A group of people in the stands hold up colored squares and change them to make pictures or nice words, like the Olympics.
Happy holiday!
P.S.: I’ll see if I can get some celebration shots later 
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2009-10-06 @ 10:02:49
Thank you for sharing. Boy is sure looks hot there I tell ya
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2009-10-06 @ 10:04:29
Not that bad today, the forecast says (down in the blog footer).
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2009-10-06 @ 11:20:16
Enjoying the travels? Lovely shares.. Thanks.. I especially like the second one. It's a picture with a story to tell..
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2009-10-06 @ 12:02:04
The dog was going to attack even though you were just passing by? Not a very well-trained creature.
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2009-10-06 @ 12:06:34
Thanks, Soe. Yes - am enjoying it quite a bit
And I was surprised to see all those war defenses left up there.
I just couldn't catch any more on pics, since the ride wasn't exactly slow
Quilly, I doubt they are about training with that poor creature. All that beastie's job is to keep intruders away
2009-10-06 @ 12:26:29
Interesting history regarding the holiday....such long-standing conflicts!
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2009-10-06 @ 16:36:03
Interesting. Love the history though. Those shots are gorgeous! I wish I get get on my broom and come over!
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2009-10-06 @ 17:38:52
I've heard about this battle where a single Israeli tank defeated the alliances army. Nice story Nicole
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2009-10-06 @ 19:25:34
It was a quiet day today...and tomorrow the traffic is the same chaos than yesterday...
No bug seen today!
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2009-10-07 @ 02:17:42
Happy Holiday! This was a new one for me.
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2009-10-07 @ 23:27:11
My relatives would not be happy to celebrate that holiday. History is always relative to which side of the war you were on.
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2009-10-08 @ 07:01:26
@Spark - history is always bad for one and good for the other side.
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As long as humans think that there is a need for war, we will always have people that have a bad feeling when it comes to certain things.
My point of pointing this holiday out is, that I always like to know a bit more about the history of the places I am in.
It sometimes will bring bad memories to some of my readers though.
Sorry
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2010-07-23 @ 03:18:01
Wow thanks for the information. I love Egyptian history it's so rich and interesting.