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On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day....
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On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day....
jasonB " Another Dirty Yankee"
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Even my "peers" don't seem to remember 11/11/11 
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Armistice Day was really something when I was young.
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I think it's a natural thing for days like Armistice Day to fade. Those that lived at the time have passed. Their sons and daughters are passing quickly. After all, who but a very few historians or history buffs can remember the date that the War of the Roses ended. For that matter how many know when the revolutionary war or civil war ended (9-3-83 and 4-9-65 respectively).
In fact, we don't celebrate the end of the revolutionary war. We celebrate July 4 was the day we declared our independence, not the day the British were defeated much less the day the Treaty of Paris was signed.
Come to think of it, Armistice Day was just that, the day the Armistice went into effect not the end of the war. WWI officially ended on 9-3-10 and few know this and I doubt it is a national holiday anywhere in the world.
In fact, we don't celebrate the end of the revolutionary war. We celebrate July 4 was the day we declared our independence, not the day the British were defeated much less the day the Treaty of Paris was signed.
Come to think of it, Armistice Day was just that, the day the Armistice went into effect not the end of the war. WWI officially ended on 9-3-10 and few know this and I doubt it is a national holiday anywhere in the world.
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"Go low, go slow and preferably in the dark" The old Sarge (he was maybe 24.
"Freedom is never more that a generation from extinction" Ronald Reagan
"Every man should have at least one good rifle and know how to use it" Dad
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BlaineG wrote:Even my "peers" don't seem to remember 11/11/11
That's because it was on 11/11/18.
1100 on 11/11/1918.
My maternal Grandmother's birthday.
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Government office attracts the power-mad, yet it's people who just want to be left alone to live life on their own terms who are considered dangerous.
History teaches that it's a small window in which people can fight back before it is too dangerous to fight back.
History teaches that it's a small window in which people can fight back before it is too dangerous to fight back.
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Very true Jeepnik.
I always make a point of remembering my grandfather Keith F. Denny, on Veterans Day. He was an ambulance driver in the Great War, saving the lives of countless doughboys and other allied soldiers. That is until his ambulance was hit by artillery fire. The ambulance was destroyed and he was seriously wounded. He was buried under wreckage and rubble. Nearby soldiers rushed to the scene and saw one foot sticking out of the debris and pulled him out. Amazingly, he survived the war and lived the rest of his life as a kind a gentle man who raised a family, but rarely spoke of his experiences.
I always make a point of remembering my grandfather Keith F. Denny, on Veterans Day. He was an ambulance driver in the Great War, saving the lives of countless doughboys and other allied soldiers. That is until his ambulance was hit by artillery fire. The ambulance was destroyed and he was seriously wounded. He was buried under wreckage and rubble. Nearby soldiers rushed to the scene and saw one foot sticking out of the debris and pulled him out. Amazingly, he survived the war and lived the rest of his life as a kind a gentle man who raised a family, but rarely spoke of his experiences.
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May Armistice Day bring a renewed committment to peace in the World. Oh wait... it's Veterans Day! 
I always remember my maternal grandfather and grandmother's brother, one of whom was one of the lucky ANZAC veterans who survived Gallipoli, and one who wasn't.
I always remember my maternal grandfather and grandmother's brother, one of whom was one of the lucky ANZAC veterans who survived Gallipoli, and one who wasn't.Griff,
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11th Hour/11th Day/11th Month...FWiedner wrote:BlaineG wrote:Even my "peers" don't seem to remember 11/11/11
That's because it was on 11/11/18.
1100 on 11/11/1918.
My maternal Grandmother's birthday.
The Rotten Fruit Always Hits The Ground First
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My point of view would be, My God my God, what would we do or where would we be without the fighting spirit of men and woman through out history.
Depends on where we are in history, fight like hell if called to do so and make peace if possible.
Salute to all that served and serve.
Depends on where we are in history, fight like hell if called to do so and make peace if possible.
Salute to all that served and serve.
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I had a great uncle Bobby who I never met and never heard anything about other than the fact that he was killed in the battle of the Argonne Forest, or so I've been told. I used to have an old black and white photo of him taken before he went off to war, and I have his pocket watch.
I think this might be a good day to read "A Rifleman went to War" by H.W. McBride.
I think this might be a good day to read "A Rifleman went to War" by H.W. McBride.
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WW2 was a turning point for Canada. We became part of the world community as seperate from the UK.
WW1 was a devastating war for the families. Many soldiers who survived had tours of duty to the wars end. WW2 was the same. My uncles enlisted early in the second war and spent 5 years in Europe. As a nation we became an industrial powerhouse only held back by our population restraints.
My uncle's favorite joke about the absurdity of war was the constant marching in circle's in sight of the telescopes in France on the cliffs. They marched to inflate their numbers to unfriendly eyes with broom sticks as rifles were in short supply in 39. He would start to laugh and say the silly buggers didn't even have enough broom sticks!
There were many old soldiers with serious disabilities from both wars, shell shocked, blind, and amputations mostly, when I was a young kid.
Even those of us who care deeply cannot grasp the horror of trench warfare and 18th century infantry tactics with automatic weapons and limitless artillery supply of an industrial war. Those people on both sides paid a terrible price. Our freedom and our future were bought and paid for by a two whole generations.
Edit: My youngest daughter 9 just recited Flander's Fields from memory. She memorized it for me and the fallen soldiers. I'm leaking a bit just writing this.
WW1 was a devastating war for the families. Many soldiers who survived had tours of duty to the wars end. WW2 was the same. My uncles enlisted early in the second war and spent 5 years in Europe. As a nation we became an industrial powerhouse only held back by our population restraints.
My uncle's favorite joke about the absurdity of war was the constant marching in circle's in sight of the telescopes in France on the cliffs. They marched to inflate their numbers to unfriendly eyes with broom sticks as rifles were in short supply in 39. He would start to laugh and say the silly buggers didn't even have enough broom sticks!
There were many old soldiers with serious disabilities from both wars, shell shocked, blind, and amputations mostly, when I was a young kid.
Even those of us who care deeply cannot grasp the horror of trench warfare and 18th century infantry tactics with automatic weapons and limitless artillery supply of an industrial war. Those people on both sides paid a terrible price. Our freedom and our future were bought and paid for by a two whole generations.
Edit: My youngest daughter 9 just recited Flander's Fields from memory. She memorized it for me and the fallen soldiers. I'm leaking a bit just writing this.