British soldiers are pulling out of Crossmaglen on Saturday - the border village at the heart of republican south Armagh.
When troops of the Black Watch leave the village it will end a posting all soldiers dreaded.
The area was considered so dangerous that troops and police officers could not travel by road, and had to be flown in and out by helicopter.
The move is one of the most significant steps in the normalisation process.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6512703.stm
can we at last say we're living in a "normal" society?