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11th Hour 11th Day 11th Month

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

They?ve seen things we could never imagine. They?ve done things people were not meant to do. They risked their lives so we can live in freedom.They are our veterans and today we honor them. I posted this video last year and it bears watching again. 90 Years ago today, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 the guns of the great war fell silent. Our Boys, The Doughboys, lie at rest in places with names like Flanders, Bony, and Belleau. They died on battlefields named Marne, Somme, and Verdun. Almost 5 Million Americans were in uniform for World War I, and over 100,000 died, and more than half of those deaths were on the battlefield. It was the first time American boys would be asked to save Europe, but not the last. Our nation has answered the call time and time again...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on November 11, 2008 (boomark / email).