Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Indeed, I always note those little monuments in French towns and villages. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Nov 11, 2012, at 8:50 PM, Jean-Michel Mertz wrote: > > > > > 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> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >