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Op-Ed Contributor - A Holiday to End All Wars - NYTimes.com
by ubernoir at 7:56 am EST, Nov 11, 2008 |
TODAY is the 90th anniversary of the armistice that ended the First World War, and it will be commemorated very differently on each side of the Atlantic and across the borders of Europe. It’s a reminder that not all “victors” experience wars in the same way, and that their citizens can have almost as much difficulty as those of the vanquished states in coping with the collective trauma of conflict. For Americans, Veterans Day celebrates the survivors of all the nation’s 20th and 21st century wars. In France and Britain, by contrast, the mood is altogether more somber. In these countries, it is the dead who, since 1919, have been the focus of the ceremonies.
i've been wearing my poppy |
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RE: Op-Ed Contributor - A Holiday to End All Wars - NYTimes.com
by Decius at 11:21 pm EST, Nov 12, 2008 |
ubernoir wrote: TODAY is the 90th anniversary of the armistice that ended the First World War, and it will be commemorated very differently on each side of the Atlantic and across the borders of Europe. It’s a reminder that not all “victors” experience wars in the same way, and that their citizens can have almost as much difficulty as those of the vanquished states in coping with the collective trauma of conflict. For Americans, Veterans Day celebrates the survivors of all the nation’s 20th and 21st century wars. In France and Britain, by contrast, the mood is altogether more somber. In these countries, it is the dead who, since 1919, have been the focus of the ceremonies.
i've been wearing my poppy
I wish Americans wore poppies. It seems the sort of thing that would take off here with the right push. I put one on my Facebook. C'est le temps. |
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