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Every four years we get an extra day. What will you do on February 29th, to help you gain more Emergency Management Intelligence?

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Feb 15, 2024
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In 1904, the mayor of Severance, Kansas announced that a "bachelor tax" would be imposed on all residents of his town who were not married by the end of the year. Here, E. A. Bushnell combines that with the tradition that, on February 29, women were "allowed" to propose marriage to men. Source: Wikimedia Commons, from https://picryl.com/media/bushnell-c…

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