Armistice Day / Remembrance Day / Veterans Day
11 Nov 2008 7:43:56 UTC
Topic 194025
(moderation:
1918 - World War I ends: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside of Compiègne in France. The war officially stops at 11:00 (The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month).
1921 - The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
2006 - The New Zealand war memorial monument was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in London, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.
Armistice Day / Remembrance Day / Veterans Day
)
When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today.
They gave their time...They
)
They gave their time...They still give their time...They gave their lives...They still give their lives...They are there...and have been there...every day...Doing a job that most of us would rather not do.
Here's a big thank you to all of the veterans who have served our nations to win the wars...and keep the peace.
While we remember the
)
While we remember the veterans of the just wars and the peace they gave their lives for let us also remember the war criminals who have recently upset that peace and made a mockery of the veterans we honor today. Bush, Cheney, Rice and Rumsfeld... bring them to trial.
BOINC FAQ Service
Official BOINC wiki
Installing BOINC on Linux
RE: While we remember the
)
That's best left for a different thread, perhaps the one on Tanpaku?
RE: They gave their
)
::thumbs up::
In our town, it's good to
)
In our town, it's good to know that the 'Lest We Forget' on the cenotaph hasn't been forgotten! In one of the churches, at the base of some of the stained glass windows and some pews, are dedications to the fallen. Even some youths are picking up on the point that if a family name is listed, then there don't seem to be many/any about by that name now.
So yes, death when you're young means you don't get to have kids like the rest did. Their futures ended then and there ..... and ours was so uncertain too. I hope it never becomes too easy for us to forget that simple point!
Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
One of the unusual aspects
)
One of the unusual aspects with the turn to remembering the Armistice yesterday, was some unusual articles on local radio here in the East side of the UK.
Apparently, across the UK there is 30 Thankful Villages. A Thankful Village is one where there is no remembrance Cenotaph to be found, and 3 of these villages lie in my County.
These were villages whose young men voluntarily enlisted, like the res of the country, for service during the Great War (WWI), and, although many were wounded, all the veterans survived their war and returned (hence no Cenotaph).
One of our 3 Thankful Villages also sent men to fight in WWII and all returned alive, as well.
A rare thing these days?
Shih-Tzu are clever, cuddly, playful and rule!! Jack Russell are feisty!
RE: While we remember the
)
YES! As a veteran of the Viet Nam conflict, wounded then and now, I took the pledge of Chief Joseph of the Nez Pearce, "I will make no more war, forever." Those that do, especially when based on lies, should be brought before the world court as war criminals.
"We must be the change we wish to see."
Mahatma Gandhi