Comments on: Veterans Day, Armistice Day

By: Hyman Rosen

Hyman Rosen — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:06:24 +0000

Almost a hundred years later, there are still teams removing unexploded grenades and mustard gas shells from the green fields of France. NPR just carried the story.
They collect over 50,000 tons a year. Two of them were killed in an explosion this year.

By: Sloan

Sloan — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:43:06 +0000

You’re not being picky. We often say “Ohio farms” not “Ohio’s farms”. “California sunset.” OK?

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:02:05 +0000

I’ve been to the “Iron Harvest” in the Somme. It is quite amazing to see a few shells dragged to the corner of each field.

BTW the word Flanders is singular and used as an adjective (not possessive) in the poem.

By: Susan J. Cormier

Susan J. Cormier — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:34:32 +0000

It is not Flanders’s field, because it IS Flanders Field. Flanders is the name of the field. Remember “A Dog of Flanders”? Some names DO end with as “s”, without having to take the possessive.

By: ZZMike

ZZMike — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:43:19 +0000

Speaking of poppies, those wacky Brits are carrying on the tradition with “PoppyMan”:

Where is Poppy Man

By: Tom Grey - Liberty Dad

Tom Grey - Liberty Dad — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:34:22 +0000

World Peace IS possible, neo …
In a World Without Dictators.

Which was the Bush Doctrine, but the Dems hate him so much they seem to support dictators…

Democracies pretty much don’t go to war. But, if they move thru semi-democracy like Russia or Venezuela, and into semi-dictatorship, they might.

The Mid East, including Pakistan, is a big danger and needs a democratic Arab (Kurd minority) democracy to revolutionize it.

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:16:39 +0000

ZZMike,

What makes you think this is wacky? In Britain we wear poppies up to November 11 (we call it Remembrance Day) for two reasons: to remember those who have died or been killed in a number of wars, big and small; and to give money to the Royal Legion, a charity that looks after servicemen and women who need help and families of those who are beyond our help. The Poppy Man was part of the advertising campaign for the Royal Legion this year. Wacky or what?

By: kicus » Veterans Day, Armistice Day

kicus » Veterans Day, Armistice Day — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:14:38 +0000

[…] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerptWild poppies flower when other plants in their direct neighbourhood are dead. Their seeds can lie on the ground for years and years, but only when there are no more competing flowers or shrubs in the vicinity (for instance when someone … […]

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:21:01 +0000

Jack…

Thanks for the nice read, keep up the interesting posts…..