[rollei_list] Re: Veterans' Day/Armistice Day/Remembrance Day
- From: Laurence Cuffe <cuffe@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:28:37 -0500
On Tuesday, November 11, 2008, at 07:04PM, "John Jensen"
<jwjensen356@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>"The British Empire used to have a pause of two
>minutes at 11 AM on 11 NOV in memory of those who
>sacrificed in the Great War"
>
No first world war veterans left in France for the first time this year, In
England only three left, ages 108, 110, 112.
History is a two edged sword and sometimes peace is best predicated on
forgetting. But on this anniversary it is our duty to remember.
All the best
Laurence Cuffe
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