Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Le 11 nov. 12 ? 20:50, Jean-Michel Mertz a ?crit : > Yes, this is Veterans' Day and it takes a new meaning in Europe > since the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded not to the European > Union as such but to the efforts Europeans have deployed to put an > end to centuries of warfare and violence. We still call November 11 > "Armistice Day" because, for the time being, we want to remember the > suffering, the deaths, both civil and military, and the destruction > that took place during WW1 first between France and Germany and > which then became global. This is why you will come across monuments > like this one everywhere in France even in the tiniest of villages - > here Bruniquel in southern France (d?partement du Tarn). The > monument you see in the two other pictures is a war memorial > dedicated to the millions of people who were killed in WW1, WW2 - > though it all started in 1870 ... > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jean-Michel/Armistice+Day/aux+poilus+de+Bruniquel.jpg.html > > > > May I add my monument to yours http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Doulce+France/20080210-P1020188.jpg.html Shot at Thiaucourt in Lorraine, not far from Verdun, In this area, even the houses remember: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Doulce+France/20080210-P1020169.jpg.html OFF stands for officers SO for Non Commisioned Officers I remember also seeing reference made to horses in my younger years. Amiti?s de Metz Philippe > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information NO ARCHIVE