Remembrance Day

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Especially for Maniac:





French president Mitterand holding hands with German chancellor Kohl. In the coffin, an unknown soldier beneath a combined French-German flag. His nationality? Nobody knows, and it doesn't matter.

That image remains a potent symbol of our past and our future. It is good to see our past hostilities behind us.

[Kralizec]

WW1 is possibly the most tragic, devastating and at the same time most influential event in modern history. For all the fallen:

[Reverend Joe]

There's something far more holy about Armistice Day than the American Veteran's Day. Therefore I disregard its existence and assume that Veteran's Day is a mere clerical error, and we should all be observing Armistice Day instead.

[Peasant Phill]

Lest we forget.

There's something far more holy about Armistice Day than the American Veteran's Day.

Probably because the 11th of November is remembered by far more in far more places.