Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Luis! By the way, are you all right? I have been away for some time and could not follow your work but I can see you're still shooting relentlessly!Jean-Michel > From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com > Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:07:22 +0100 > To: lug at leica-users.org > Subject: Re: [Leica] Armistice Day and the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information