U.S. Veterans Day - November 11
In UK, France & Belgium it's observed as Remembrance Day (See Jenny's "Flanders Fields" & fedex's "Remembrances Sunday" Blogs).
Armistice Day - The End Of WWI ... The 11th Hour, 11th Day, 11th Month, 1918.
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In UK, France & Belgium it's observed as Remembrance Day (See Jenny's "Flanders Fields" & fedex's "Remembrances Sunday" Blogs).
Armistice Day - The End Of WWI ... The 11th Hour, 11th Day, 11th Month, 1918.
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Germany's World War I Debt Was So Crushing It Took 92 Years to Pay Off -
It made its last debt payment on October 3, 2010—the 20th anniversary of German reunification.
French Marshal & Supreme Allied Commander during the First World War Ferdinand Foch, on being told of the final conditions of the Paris Peace Conference allegedly observed: ‘This is not a peace treaty, it is an armistice for twenty years’ (Ce n’est pas une paix, c’est un armistice de vingt ans).
For me the remembrance is for all soldiers lost in wars their government sent them too
Don't Americans wear the poppies like all Canadians do?
But do so in May?
Did you know there is one kind of poppy that is illegal to grow in America because the seeds are used in pain killer medicine.
If citizens could grow poppies in their back yard it would put the pharmaceutical business out of business and a lot of people in the U.S. would be stoned.
Well said, fedex
As mentioned in another comment, in the U.S. the Buddy Poppy is more closely associated with Memorial Day - the last Monday in May.
Herewith is information on the poppy project run by Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).
It began in the U.S. in 1985, and has grown to include groups in many countries.
Unlike most veterans' groups, VFP welcomes non-vets as members.
More info @ -
Honor & Mourn The Dead.
Care For The Wounded.
Work For Peace.
The early Fall blizzard by which all are - and ever will be - measured ...
This was before my time, but I have family that lived in the Mississippi Valley at the time.
Every year about this time I'd hear stories of the event - it's almost as if I have actual memories of it.
... and into the 21st.
vierk all nations who have been to war have a murky past, miclee,s blog is about remembering the dead.
Don't spoil it by your mumbo jumbo