Showing posts with label world war i. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world war i. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Chris declares THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD to be the best film of 2018... and DEMANDS that it get a wider release!

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Well, that's a pretty bold assessment to make considering that 2018 has been a year that I haven't seen many movies during initial r...
Saturday, April 25, 2015

One hundred years ago today: the Battle of Gallipoli

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Yesterday on this blog we remembered the one hundredth anniversary of the start of the Armenian Genocide .  One day after that came another ...
Friday, April 24, 2015

One and a half million dead: the one hundredth anniversary of the Armenian Genocide

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They had been ridiculed and spat upon for hundreds of years.  The ultra-nationalists in power launched dehumanizing propaganda against them....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Photographs of American Revolution veterans, and 3D images from World War I

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Old historical photos hold a special fascination for me.  So I find this next couple of items positively amazing... Peter Mackintosh Ph...
Thursday, July 11, 2013

Quite possibly the most hardcore bad-a$$ dude EVER

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Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart having a jolly good time! Twitter user Matthew Barrett found what must be "the best opening paragraph of...
Monday, February 13, 2012

Florence Green, world's last living veteran of World War I, has passed away

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It happened a week ago, and I am somewhat ashamed of myself that I did not catch this at the time. Now's the time to make things right b...
Friday, November 11, 2011

Veterans Day is today

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Do you want to know why Veterans Day is on this date? It was November the 11th, 1918, at the 11th hour, that the armistice took effect and t...
Monday, February 28, 2011

Frank Buckles, the last surviving United States veteran of World War I, has passed away

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            In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies blow       Between the crosses, row on row,    That mark our place; and i...
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Thursday, May 17, 2007

Last World War I veteran living in Canada has died

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Dwight Wilson, 106 years old, passed away this week . He was the last veteran of World War I still living in Canada. John Babcock, the last...