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No biggee but the war to end all wars ended (Read 557 times)
Nov 14th, 2012 at 11:50pm

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Armistice Day

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Armistice Day (which overlaps with Remembrance Day and Veterans Day) is celebrated every year on 11 November to commemorate the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning—the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918 ...

After World War II, the name of the holiday was changed to Veterans Day in the United States and to Remembrance Day in the countries of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Armistice Day remains an official holiday in France and Belgium. From 2012 Armistice Day is an official holiday in Serbia ...


Here is a nice anti-war song, Blowin in the Wind, performed by Canadian 60's hippie Neil Young.

You'll want to crank it up.
 

A bad day at golf is better than a good day at work.

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Jim
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Reply #1 - Nov 15th, 2012 at 6:59am

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A very powerful tune, written by Bob Dylan fifty years ago, in 1962, and recorded by many.   An interesting performance by Neil Young. 
 
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