Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And part of another remembrance in Paris.... http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/145755812 Cheers, Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 12 November 2012 07:52, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > And some, predominantly Belgian, WWI cemeteries... > > http://johnmcmaster.com/PESO/WWI/index.html > > john > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+john=chiaroscuro.co.nz at leica-users.org [mailto: > lug-bounces+john=chiaroscuro.co.nz at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > philippe.amard > Sent: Monday, 12 November 2012 9:29 a.m. > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Armistice Day and the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize > > 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 >