Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/13
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Hi Philippe, very interesting evidence of this terrible period. Nice shot of
this "poilu" statue. Hope you're OK?JM
> From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:30:55 +0100
> 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
> >
> > >
> >
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>
> 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
>
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