On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month is when the guns fell silent, but the saying that came with the great war that this will be the wars to end all wars was sadly not true
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month is when the guns fell silent, but the saying that came with the great war that this will be the wars to end all wars was sadly not true
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.
One of the saddest things I will remember is that last year 11/11/18 the one hundredth anniversary of Armistice day. I did not see one mention of it in the media or hear one person other than myself mention that it was the one hundred years ago the hostilities stopped.
Oh and that is one of my most favorite videos, have had a copy of it on my phone for years.
Tried to watch that video without a box of Kleenex handy, unsuccessfully. A beautiful, moving song sung by a beautiful lady. And there is just something about bagpipes, unique in the world. Thanks for posting this Dave.