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Australian Family History

Paul McNeil wrote 2 weeks ago: The majority of Australians have family roots in the UK, and it is always interesting to trace them … more →

Tags: anzac, australian family history, australian genealogy, Bullecourt, Gallipoli, Keynsham, Somme, Sudan, thornbury

Old Math

christov10 wrote 1 month ago: Wentworth-Smith's Essentials of Arithmetic About three weeks ago I spent a dollar to buy a very … more →

Tags: schmlog, Marshal Petain, Vichy, 1915, Third Reich, World War I, World War II, Artifact, lost world

Book Review: Juliet Nicholson's The Perfect Summer

clarifying wrote 1 month ago: A Perfect Summer chronicles the glorious summer of 1911, when life seemed to have a golden timeless … more →

Tags: Book Review, Culture, Thoughts, England, Sir Winston Churchill, 1911, 1914-1918, charity balls, Juliet Nicholson

Over There: Remembering WWI - Music and pictures of The Great War

ginaswo wrote 1 month ago: God Bless the Troops and the unsung supporters who made it possible for them to fight for all of us … more →

Tags: Music, George M. Cohan, WW I, Doughboys

Saturday XV: 2 May 2009

dbrauer43 wrote 2 months ago: I’ve made it this far already? I had the SAT test to-day.  5 hours of boredom.  I skipped only … more →

Tags: Saturday, SAT, The Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, Brown v. Board of Education, trombone, lux et veritas, Latin

§335 World War I5 comments

thatdudeyouknow wrote 3 months ago: If you were wondering about my twitter the other day when I wrote that I hade received a direct pers … more →

Tags: Random yadda-yadda, Peter Englund, WWI, World War One, First World War

The Void Century ~ Freedom for History

Charz wrote 4 months ago: The World Government will behead every scholar studying the Void Century. The Void Century The Void … more →

Tags: Codex, One Piece Series, Freedom, Liberty, One Piece, World Government, The Void Century, Ancient Kingdom, Poneglyphs

Joyeux Noël, two scenes3 comments

peoplesgeography.com wrote 6 months ago: Two memorable clips from the movie Joyeux Noël (2005) set in the so-called ‘Great War’ ( … more →

Tags: History, Europe, Video, Christianity, Christmas, War, Joyeuz Noel, World War One, christmas truce

II: Sela, Bishop of White

dilloshite wrote 7 months ago: A Bishop in battle on the King’s side is a waste. Sela could be doing many things if it wasn … more →

Tags: Epic

The Doughboys of New York City2 comments

wildnewyork wrote 8 months ago: Many of New York’s small neighborhood parks have one: a bronze statue of a lone infantryman or … more →

Tags: Poets and writers, Brooklyn, Chelsea, war memorials, Upper Manhattan, Dewitt Clinton Park, World War I, Doughboy statues, In Flanders Field

In Memoriam

Will wrote 8 months ago: After reading Alex Massie’s excellent piece on Remembrance Day and the Great War, I clicked ov … more →

Tags: Culture, Culture 11, film, J'ACCUSE, paths of glory, the african queen, hepburn, Kirk Douglas, Bogart

Armistice Day

jebsharp wrote 8 months ago: It’s 90 years since the end of the fighting on the Western Front. There’s great stuff  f … more →

Tags: How Wars End, Clark Boyd, WWI, Carol Hills, Historical Memory, Armistice Day, Dan Todman

Never forget, always remember1 comment

clancop wrote 8 months ago: In Canada today we are observing Remembrance Day, the day where we honour those who fought and those … more →

Tags: Social Thought, Adolf Hitler, Remembrance Day, Veterans Day, The War Amps, Operation Legacy, World War II, Neville Chamberlain, Gavrilo Princip

Hearts captain remembers war dead

karriegillett wrote 8 months ago: By Karrie Gillett HEARTS captain Christophe Berra joined  serving soldiers and ex-service men t … more →

Tags: 1, Deadline Press & Picture Agency, Heart of Midlothian Football Club, Tynecastle, Armistice Day, Christophe Berra

The Last Post

goldenstate wrote 8 months ago: It is Remembrance Day in Europe and Veterans Day in the United States.  The British equivalent of Ta … more →

Tags: Ruminations, Remembrance Day, Veterans Day, World War One

Remembrance Day 2008

Reb wrote 8 months ago: I totally forgot to get a poppy for today!! ……Shite!!(?) Don’t think anyone notice … more →

Tags: Remembrance Day, Poppies, reb, First World War, WWI, Poppy

What Hath 90 Years Wrought?

Sean Varner wrote 8 months ago: Europe in 1907 At 11:00 AM on November 11th, 1918, the guns of August were finally silenced as an ar … more →

Tags: U.S. Foreign Relations, United Nations, History, Russia, WWI, Armistice Day, Veterans Day, Europe, Empires

Armistice Day1 comment

jimsjourney wrote 8 months ago: According to Webster, an armistice is the temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement between t … more →

Tags: Observations of Life, Armistice Day, veterens day, John McCrae, In Flanders Fields, Woodrow Wilson, Doug E. Barr, Peace Poppies

Lest We Forget...

Busy Nothings wrote 8 months ago: “When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today” To … more →

Tags: observations, Rilla of Ingleside, WWI, wwii, Veterans Day, Armistice Day, Poppy Day, Remembrance Day, total war


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