Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice shot my friend! Cheers Lluis El 12/11/2012, a las 00:29, Geoff Hopkinson escribi?: > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information