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Subject: [Leica] Armistice Day and the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:29:43 +1000
References: <BLU155-W1F921EB059F8BAAC4ACD48D6E0@phx.gbl> <8C8B8FE5-7A32-4721-82A7-F55D8EB17FF7@sfr.fr> <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E99CA1DAE0@WHIZZMAIL02.whizz.org>

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
>
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