11-November-1918~Happy Armistist/Veteran's Day

[Craig Weis]

Jasen Covert.

Three volunteer tours in Afghanistan. Now in Japan. Professional solder.
A true gentlemen. Happy Veteran's Day my friend.

For those who perfer Armistace Day I offer this old post
WWI came to an end by an armistice arranged to occur at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. The date and time, selected at a point in history when mens? memories ran much longer, represented a compliment to St. Martin, patron saint of soldiers, and thus a tribute to the fighting men of both sides. The feast day of St. Martin, the Martinmas, had been for centuries a major landmark in the European calendar, a date on which leases expired, rents came due; and represented, in Northern Europe, a seasonal turning point after which cold weather and snow might be normally expected.

It fell about the Martinmas-time, when the snow lay on the borders?


I can say no more. skip

[Bob23]

My thanks to all who have served and are now serving to protect this nation of ours. I am grateful, even though never having served myself.
Bob23

[mrb]

David

Well said

Melvin

[brackish]

Great stuff David,

Semper Fi

Frank