#flanders field

[ifelllikeastar]

On the 11th day of the 11th hour of the 11th month the guns fell silent. We shall remember and respect them all.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.”

[The Scottish Banner]

[philgennuso]

Flanders Fields Revisited (#Haiku #GraphicArts)

Artwork by Phil Gennuso Arts Flowers and Poppies,Flanders Fields,The Sun has already set; Cracks and Tears,pouring throughThe Windows of Time,Leave our Heartsbroken and alone. ************************************ Flanders Fields is both a place and a poem from World War I, the War that was supposed to end all Wars.

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[libertarianblue]

[ravenswolf]

[theamazing-deadpoolio]

At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the end of The War to End All Wars transpired with the signing of the Armistice of Compiègne in 1918, which was superseded the following year by the Treaty of Versailles, but by then the damage of the First World War had been done. 15-19 million perished, almost half of them civilians, with another 23 million wounded. The German, Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and Ottoman Empires collapsed, forming entire new states and releasing many of their prior holdings from colonial status. The rampant depression and sense of loss in Germany set the stage for the rise of one of the most wicked and evil regimes in the history of mankind. World power changed hands and an entire generation of ideological young men and women was lost, many to the permanence of death and the survivors to disillusionment and cynicism. The men and women who survived this horrible tragedy became known as The Lost Generation. 

The First World War was not The War to End All Wars. Far from it. It ushered in the modern era of war, where much of the 'old glories' told by veterans of days gone by had vanished. Men died in droves, often never leaving the cold and damp embrace of their trenches. Men were disfigured, died, maimed, and ruined. These men were and are still heroes. We should honor their sacrifice by making certain no other group of people should ever again be subjected to horrors like these. The most infuriating thing about the First World War? How utterly avoidable it all was. Still. We must strive to learn from the past, lest it become our future. We can ensure that the horrors of this war can stay in the past, but we must ensure that the heroism and bravery of the men who fought and died across the world is not forgotten. Around the world, the eleventh of November is known as Remembrance Day. In Australia and New Zealand, it is called ANZAC Day. In America, we refer to it as Veterans Day. The names are varied but the message is the same. Even though the bodies of those brave men and women have long since turned to dust, their sacrifice still lives on. We have an obligation to cherish their memory. Happy Veterans Day.

Lest We Forget.

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[darccsparccs-art]

2019 Flower landscape. Incomplete background. Poppies in the foreground as a tribute to fallen fighters in Flanders Field in WW1 #lest we forget