Here in Switzerland, today’s Google Doodle is in celebration of our Founding Day, 1291. It is actually the day on which the Federal Charter was written and signed by the three originally united cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden, neighbouring cantons situated in the heart of modern-day Switzerland. As in America, the signing of the Declaration of Independence was not the actual day of peace and freedom; it had to be hard-won thereafter; but it’s the day recognized as the pivotal moment when going back was no longer an option, and going forward meant fighting for what we knew was right. So, 724 years on, I say “Happy Birthday, Switzerland!”
Stephanie Huesler 