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  1. Marisol's great grandfather also fought in World War 1, in the American Expeditionary Force. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery and despite his wounds he refused to be evacuated until all wounded enlisted men had been evacuated first.

    Let we forget.

    #WW1 #ArmisticeDay #VeteransDay

  2. Today is #ArmisticeDay , 107 years since the end of the Great War, which we began calling World War I when it was given a sequel.

    The end of WWI also coincided with a global epidemic of influenza, which was misidentified as the Spanish Flu, not because it started there--it probably started in Kansas--but because Spain didn't censor its journalists to cover it up.

    Today where I live, Santa Clara County continues to see about one death each week from COVID-19.

    COVID-19 has killed more Americans than WWI.

    Please wear a mask. I still do.

    publichealth.santaclaracounty.

  3. the local hall fills as we approach 11AM.

    It's always full.

    The high school band takes up an entire corner playing hymns.

    #portalberni #remembranceday #armisticeday #veteransday

  4. Landscapes of the Western Front, 1914–1918 — A century after their strategic function has passed, these official British army intelligence photographs offer an unusual and haunting portrait of the front: publicdomainreview.org/collect #RemembranceDay #RemembranceDay2022 #ArmisticeDay

  5. My son is in Ontario on Remembrance Day (our name for Armistice Day in Canada) for the first time and he was shocked it wasn’t a public holiday like it is in B.C.

    He was disappointed to be in Ottawa, just a few minutes away from the National War Memorial by metro, but couldn’t attend because he has classes today.

    I agree with him. It is very strange that this day, of all days, is not a national day.

    So instead he rushed through his class so he could at least get to the small ceremony held on campus.

    How sad that there is so little time and space made for it in our largest and most populous province.

    Even in our nation’s capital.

    #ontario #canada #remembranceDay #armisticeday #nov11 #lestweforget #canpoli #onpoli