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Perd Hapley

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100th Anniversary of Armistice Day
« on: November 12, 2018, 10:07:45 AM »
Has anyone heard any mention of this? The Great War ended 100 years ago, yesterday. I didn't even think about it, until half-way through the day.

11th November is also the anniversary of the Mayflower Compact, with the 400th anniversary coming up in 2020.
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Re: 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2018, 10:26:26 AM »
Yes.  I talked to my daughters about it just before 11am, although I cheated and used our local time zone.
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Re: 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2018, 10:37:54 AM »
Sadly, I usually attend some ceremony somewhere, but my heart just wasn't into it this year.  Changing my profile pic and liking all those I served with profile pics was about the extent of my participation.

And I did post Kenneth Brannaugh's St Crispin's Day speech from Henry V.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-yZNMWFqvM&fbclid=IwAR1fk9Rfx2dd6xZWpAvWYrK__5Y-V_gdtdJDLnqN4lgvvm5vAgSVtpRQCi4
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