100 Year Anniversary of 1914 Christmas Day Truce WWI

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Hello All,

 

Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, and Happy (Insert Holiday Name Here) to any I have missed 

 

This year marks the 100th Anniversary of the WWI Christmas Day Truce a link explaining it is below....

 

We should never ever forget the men and women that sacrificed everything to make our lives better....

 

RIP to all.... Especially the 2 officers from NY and remember to thank every Veteran you see!

 

Tony

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce

 

TV commercial being played in Britain right now--->

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NWF2JBb1bvM

 

 

[Lane Ranger 11,394]

Tony:  I liked this ad a lot!   There is a news posting on the BBC from last night that  talks about this from the French point of view.    Little information and history of this activity occurred in France in the area this took place after World War I.

 

 

.How France has forgotten the Christmas truce soldiersChristmas truce  Reproduced with kind permission of John Krijnen

 

The Artois region in France still carries the scars of bitter fighting and loss from the trenches of World War One. So why shouldn't one moment of camaraderie between enemies be celebrated and remembered, asks Christian Carion.

 

Memories of World War One can be seen everywhere in the quiet part of the Artois region in northern France where I was born. The war left a trail of cemeteries with well-tended lawns in the midst of fields. Crops now grow around the edges of these spaces where 20-year-old kids from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Great Britain and other countries lie.

 

Forty nations buried their sons in the earth of my homeland. While still a kid, I learnt the names and flags of these countries. I was able to revise my geography while learning about the history of this war.

 

Every autumn, my father and I collected artillery shells which had been brought to the surface by ploughing. We carried them in our arms and laid them down at the entrance to our fields. A Renault 4 from the Prefecture came to load them up like potatoes and spirit them away. Researchers have estimated that the earth will continue to give its own unique account of the Great War for a further seven centuries.

 

 

Link to the full story:    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30433729

Edited December 25, 2014 by Lane Ranger

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My Grandfather went into World War One at the age of 17. He was in the 113th Field Artillery, Battery C. He made it out alive, however his horse did not. It was shot out from under him in battle. Here is a pic of him with his brothrs in arms. He is fourth from the right on the top row. His name was Robert B. Neville Jr.  He was born in 1900 and died in 1979.

[JC 1965 1,532]

Thanks to all the above for sharing this info.  May all those brave souls rest in peace.