it's been 90 years...

Desert Rat

Desert Rat

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I'd say Happy Remembrance Day, Armistice Day, Veteran's Day, but is that the correct way to phrase it?

90 years ago, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the Great War was over. This of course set the stage for a large bit what we have worked through and for (for better or worse) since.

All I can hope is that we've learned something..

eh, here's some Eric Bogle

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OjxMQHYo3U[/ame]
 
4 of my realitives dies in the "great war" including both of my grampas! ;(
RIP
goerge jones
joe moore
 
Yesterday at the station we helped with the Veteran's day parade and today we are watching Band of Brothers at the station.

Could not begin to imagine what our brave soldiers went through.
 
Thanks for posting this video. I hope people watch this and remembered all the people that fought and took there lives for our freedom today. God bless America, Mkay?
 
I think you cannot just limit it to America, or the western world, or any one ideology. I think that this is a good moment to stop and think on who we are as humanity and where we have gone, and what then can we do from it.

Maybe it's just me, maybe I'm too much of a history nerd, but it being 90 years since the Armistice has really got me thinking of what we might have learned from that war. It obviously didn't stop wars (as WWII was next), but I think that in reverence and respect for those who died, we should seriously think about our lives and our position on this Earth.

I'm not getting political here (if anything, more like existential) or anything. I'm just tooling over something in my head and it's not coming out right. I suppose history is a fabric, and we're all woven into it. It's not just a video game or a movie, it's part of us. And by us I don't mean U.S., or t.h.e.m. or anyone.

I don't know, I'll have to get back to you on this one..
 
I highly agree with what you said Desert Rat, we shouldn't try and limit this day to just our country or one given war.

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I think you cannot just limit it to America, or the western world, or any one ideology. I think that this is a good moment to stop and think on who we are as humanity and where we have gone, and what then can we do from it.

Maybe it's just me, maybe I'm too much of a history nerd, but it being 90 years since the Armistice has really got me thinking of what we might have learned from that war. It obviously didn't stop wars (as WWII was next), but I think that in reverence and respect for those who died, we should seriously think about our lives and our position on this Earth.

I'm not getting political here (if anything, more like existential) or anything. I'm just tooling over something in my head and it's not coming out right. I suppose history is a fabric, and we're all woven into it. It's not just a video game or a movie, it's part of us. And by us I don't mean U.S., or t.h.e.m. or anyone.

I don't know, I'll have to get back to you on this one..

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I lost someone dear, My best friends Uncle(Which i though him as a uncle and he thought me as a Nephew)Well he died 2 years ago in Iraq and I can remember him and many others Survivors and dead of war and out to everyone that lost anyone, You can still remember.
 
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