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Posted by Georgene A. Bramlage Nov 11, 2006 |
Today, November 11, is Veterans Day. It was once called Armistice Day. It marked the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 when World War I ended in Europe. Soldiers from the U.S. and other countries engaged in the struggle went home. Today in the U.S., according to National Public Radio (NPR), 14 WWI veterans are alive; the youngest is 106 years-old, the oldest 115. You can hear their stories at The World War I Living History Project, a two-hour radio documentary hosted by Walter Cronkite.
You may also like to read in some of my articles and blogs about how and why the Flanders Field Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) has been the symbol of this day and Memorial Day in the U.S. as well as Remembrance Day / Armistice Day on various dates in other English-speaking countries. The article are:
The blog article is:
There is also a very interesting article about the connection in song ang verse with Papaver rhoeas and the people of Poland at:
© Text by Georgene A. Bramlage 11 November 2006. Reproduction without permission prohibited.