sailaweigh:mskhelad:Nov 11:Remembrance Day. Poppy Day. Armistice Day.At the 11th hour on the 11th da
sailaweigh:mskhelad:Nov 11:Remembrance Day. Poppy Day. Armistice Day.At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France.11/11 Now is considered a memorial day since the end of World War I, to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty.The day was specifically dedicated by King George V on 7 November 1919 as a day of remembrance of members of the armed forces who were killed during World War I. This was possibly done upon the suggestion of Edward George Honey to Wellesley Tudor Pole, who established two ceremonial periods of remembrance based on events in 1917. It is called Poppy Day as well, due to the poem “In Flanders Fields” wrote by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. These poppies bloomed across some of the worst battlefields of Flanders in World War I.“In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and now we lie,In Flanders fields…”My grandfather made it through WWI alive, for which I am very grateful (or I would not be here.) But I remember my brother telling me few years ago that my grandfather confided in him about it only once. He said that all he was during the war was a killer. And he would never speak of that to anyone in the family because they didn’t deserve to have that burden of that knowledge placed on them. It speaks to us of the dichotomy of war, not just of the fallen but of the warriors who do make it home, who need our care, compassion and understanding, of how horrible it is for those who died and those who didn’t. -- source link
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