homeschoolmom Posted November 11, 2004 Posted November 11, 2004 today's the day... I'm soooo excited... This is my 18th 11/11 celebration!!! Woo hoo... I hope I don't fall asleep...
homeschoolmom Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 Happy birthday, Jennie! Happy 11:11 11/11 everyone! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G8XH4WDxP4[/media] btw, I've officially back-peddled on my previous statement. We now dance in the A.M.
StColette Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 [quote name='homeschoolmom' date='11 November 2009 - 12:32 PM' timestamp='1257960721' post='2000688'] Happy birthday, Jennie! [/quote] Thanks
Totus Tuus Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 11:11 always = Something Corporate for me. I will probably listen to "Konstantine" to commemorate.
Winchester Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 I shall be prepared next year. The song will go in my phone and will play automatically.
JimR-OCDS Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 (edited) On 11-11 at 11AM, 1918 during the last hour of WWI, the allied forces made an offensive on German positions along the French German border. They did this despite knowing the war would be over officially at noon. More soldiers died in that hour than on the Normandy landing during WWII. Fact is, today was originally called, Armistice Day, not Veterans Day. OK, back to our regularly scheduled programing. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif[/img] Jim Edited November 11, 2009 by JimR-OCDS
dominicansoul Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 (edited) [quote name='JimR-OCDS' date='11 November 2009 - 01:11 PM' timestamp='1257963103' post='2000723'] On 11-11 at 11AM, 1918 during the last hour of WWI, the allied forces made an offensive on German positions along the French German border. They did this despite knowing the war would be over officially at noon. More soldiers died in that hour than on the Normandy landing during WWII. Fact is, today was originally called, Armistice Day, not Veterans Day. OK, back to our regularly scheduled programing. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif[/img] Jim [/quote] actually, eyewitness accounts state that both sides fiercely fired upon each other, not just the Allies attacking the Germans...it was definitely not a one sided affair...it was the soldier's "farewell to arms." Some soldiers state that when the news came that the war was over at 11 (not noon), many soldiers didn't know what to believe...with the way the war went, they weren't even sure if it was true...so they just kept fighting until their weapons ran out of their bullets... Edited November 11, 2009 by dominicansoul
Nihil Obstat Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 We observe two minutes of silence at 11:11.
JimR-OCDS Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 (edited) [quote name='dominicansoul' date='11 November 2009 - 02:44 PM' timestamp='1257965079' post='2000741'] actually, eyewitness accounts state that both sides fiercely fired upon each other, not just the Allies attacking the Germans...it was definitely not a one sided affair...it was the soldier's "farewell to arms." Some soldiers state that when the news came that the war was over at 11 (not noon), many soldiers didn't know what to believe...with the way the war went, they weren't even sure if it was true...so they just kept fighting until their weapons ran out of their bullets... [/quote] The Germans fired in defense, as allied forces made an assualt. It is a documented historical fact, that the allies could've just sat out the hour and did nothing, but instead made an assault on German positions, for no reason other than pride of the commanders who ordered the assualt. Read the book, "Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Armistice Day, 1918, World War I and Its Violent Climax" by Joseph Persco. The assault never had to take place, for they knew the Armistis would go into effect at noon. In fact, at noon, the shooting suddenly came to a stop and all was quiet. The allied soldiers looked around at the dead and wondered, what it was all for. Jim Edited November 11, 2009 by JimR-OCDS
Lounge Daddy Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 [quote name='homeschoolmom' date='10 November 2004 - 09:48 PM' timestamp='1100137705' post='414508'] Don't forget to brush up on your "Pony" "Watusi" and all those other cool 60s dances... [/quote] You old hippies.
homeschoolmom Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 [quote name='Lounge Daddy' date='11 November 2009 - 02:46 PM' timestamp='1257968762' post='2000776'] You old hippies. [/quote]
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