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World War I centennial commemorations underway
Associated Press via Yahoo ^ | Nov 10, 2018

Posted on 11/10/2018 1:28:35 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege

More than 60 heads of state and government are converging on France for the commemorations that will crescendo Sunday with ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, exactly a century after the armistice.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: 100thanniversary; 19181111; armisticeday; thegreatwar; veteransday; worldwari; wwi
Praying the solemnity of the occasion will give President Trump a respite from all of the craziness back home. That he be renewed with a deep sense of purpose and pride in our country, and in America's role and contributions to history.

Also worth noting that the peaceful coming together of so many disparate world leaders is something worth celebrating. Lingering rivalries and conflicts not withstanding: there has indeed been progress made since those fateful days a century ago...

1 posted on 11/10/2018 1:28:35 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I’m surprised Mueller & all his comrades haven’t dropped a bomb bashing President Trump while he’s out of the country.


2 posted on 11/10/2018 2:56:43 AM PST by FES0844
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Anyone know what TV channels will cover these Europe ceremonies on 11 November? Live


3 posted on 11/10/2018 3:08:47 AM PST by larryjohnson (FReepersonaltrainer)
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To: larryjohnson

I would think BBC, but I am searching for an answer.


4 posted on 11/10/2018 3:43:57 AM PST by EEGator
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To: larryjohnson

“Anyone know what TV channels will cover these Europe ceremonies on 11 November? Live”

I’m guessing Fox will cover the important portions...


5 posted on 11/10/2018 3:55:53 AM PST by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: larryjohnson

I’d look for French coverage on Youtube tomorrow.


6 posted on 11/10/2018 5:50:28 AM PST by PAR35
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Looking at the pictures of our cemeteries in Europe, it’s just a matter of time before the muslimes start lopping off all the cross headstone markers.


7 posted on 11/10/2018 7:02:02 AM PST by damper99 (pu)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

“A century ago, the entry of U.S. troops into World War I tipped the momentum toward its allies, including France and Britain.”

And bought us nothing but a century of headaches.

I’m sure my great-grandfather had better things to do.


8 posted on 11/10/2018 7:57:51 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: VanDeKoik

An interesting alternative history story to write would be a history that would have evolved from a WWI defeated France. That was part of its motivation to jump into the 1914 Balkan crisis - assassination of he Archduke (Prior to that many assassinations [e.g., 1898 assassination of the Austrian Empress Elizabeth in Geneva by an Italian anarchist!] & many Balkan crises!) Remember France was thirsting for revenge from its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. A WWI defeat would have made that thirst even worse. Would a totalitarian Nazi-style or Communist-style regime have arisen in France as an answer for that desire for revenge? That would be an interesting “what-if” to flesh out and write!


9 posted on 11/10/2018 8:15:18 AM PST by Reily
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To: VanDeKoik

“And bought us nothing but a century of headaches.”

I wish I could disagree but I can not.


10 posted on 11/10/2018 8:43:01 AM PST by Shark24
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

It has taken a century for it to become fully apparent how momentous the changes ushered in by that four-year conflict were: the fall of five dynasties (Romanov, Hohenzollern, Wittelsbach, Ottoman, and Habsburg) and the virtual ending of an aristocratic social system that had been in place for nearly a millennium. Frantic acceleration of technological development, especially the communications and mobility technologies that have changed the daily life of nearly everyone on the planet. Four years is not a long time for that and the shock waves are still reverberating.


11 posted on 11/10/2018 8:53:29 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

12 posted on 11/10/2018 6:19:37 PM PST by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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To: Billthedrill; Reily; VanDeKoik; larryjohnson

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3704887/posts

The Slippery Macron Commemorates One War .... Starts Another One?


13 posted on 11/11/2018 5:39:05 AM PST by a little elbow grease (duct tape and cable ties hold more worth than pussy hats andYOI! resistance)
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