Why do Americans do in May what everyone else does on 11 November at 11 o’clock?
(Also, you can’t have John McCrae…)
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We get two, Interrobang. I wear the poppy in November, and remember all the dead, military and otherwise, in May.
And in my opinion, the Great War poetry is the best in history.
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Thank you, Athenae, for reminding us what today is really about.
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Bleaa ’em all
Bless ’em all
Sergeants and Corporals and all…
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people were more literate as they had no teevee.
one of my favorite poems. and the poppy isn’t remembered much for WHY. so it will be forget-me-nots in the future.
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Why do Americans do in May what everyone else does on 11 November at 11 o’clock?
(Also, you can’t have John McCrae…)
We get two, Interrobang. I wear the poppy in November, and remember all the dead, military and otherwise, in May.
And in my opinion, the Great War poetry is the best in history.
Thank you, Athenae, for reminding us what today is really about.
Bleaa ’em all
Bless ’em all
Sergeants and Corporals and all…
people were more literate as they had no teevee.
one of my favorite poems. and the poppy isn’t remembered much for WHY. so it will be forget-me-nots in the future.