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Slim Paley 5/25/2013
It begins with my mother’s recollection of a visit to Belgium on her honeymoon 50+ years ago… …My father’s grandfather had been a soldier in the 1st World War. He lost his life, alongside literally thousands of others that day in Belgium, in 1915. Seemingly […] May 26th, 2013 | Tags: "In Flanders Fields", John McCrae, Memorial Day | Category: Bloggers, Europe, History, Military, World War I | Comments are closed
An American Housewife (occasionally) in London 11/11/2012 In the US we know, vaguely, of November 11th as Veteran’s Day, which follows the Marine Corps birthday by a day. Sadly, it isn’t much noticed. Memorial Day in May is bigger in the national consciousness. In the UK Remembrance Sunday is held the closest Sunday […] November 11th, 2012 | Tags: "Animal in War" memorial, "In Flanders Fields", Alexis Helmer, Belgium, Boston, Dog Tag Memorial, Enda Kenny, Gen. George S. Patton, George Orwell, Ireland, John McCrae, London, Nowzad Dog [Animal] Rescue, Old North Church, Pen Farthing, poetry, President Ronald Reagan, Queen Elizabeth II, Remembrance Day, service animals, Veterans' Day, Ypres | Category: Afghanistan, Canada, Europe, Great Britain, History, Iraq, Massachusetts, United States, World War I, World War II | Comments are closed
11 November 2011 In Flanders Field An American Housewife 11/11/2011 In the US we know, vaguely, of November 11th as Veteran’s Day, which follows the Marine Corps birthday by a day. Sadly, it isn’t much noticed. Memorial Day in May is bigger in the national consciousness. In the UK Remembrance Sunday is held the closest […] November 11th, 2011 | Tags: "In Flanders Fields", "Occupy Oakland", "Occupy Wall Street", Armistice Day, New York City, poppies, Remembrance Day, Scott Olsen, Veterans, Veterans' Day | Category: Great Britain, Military, New York, World War I, World War II | Comments are closed
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