94 years ago today.
LEST WE FORGET
94 years ago today.
LEST WE FORGET
A very good book on the subject of the close of the Great War is: "11th Month, 11th Day, 11th Hour" by Joseph Persico.
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
Lest We Forget
HIER LIGGEN HUN LIJKEN
ALS ZADEN IN 'T ZAND,
HOOP OP DEN OOGST
O VLAANDERLAND.*
Cyriel Verschaeve
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyriel_Verschaeve
*HERE LAY THEYRE BODY'S
AS SEEDS IN THE SAND,
HOPE FOR THE HARVEST
O FLANDERS-LAND
Joe English
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_English_(painter)
Rip
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
At the going down of the sun,
And in the morning,
We will remember them.........
Regards,
Steve.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
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