Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I should have added that the point of the plaques and so on is not just to remember the individual or groups who died, but these days to bring to mind that we have had European peace for over 67 years and that we have not been called upon to make the sacrifices that these and many, many others did. The Peace Prize was awarded to the EU because what it has done to preserve Peace in Europe. That was after all the original and primary aim of the Founding Fathers of the EU*. Peter *"By pooling basic production and by instituting a new High Authority, whose decisions will bind France, Germany and other member countries, this proposal will lead to the realization of the first concrete foundation of a European federation indispensable to the preservation of peace." - Schuman Declaration May 1950 On 12/11/2012 11:12, Peter Dzwig wrote: > ...and why you see plaques with "mort pour la Patrie", although there are > a lot > less than there used to be, particularly in Paris. > > Peter > > On 11/11/2012 19:50, 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 >> >> > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig