tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post1450503418635108555..comments2024-03-29T09:51:06.888-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Armistice Day, 2018Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-77570032007463398652018-11-12T08:43:57.562-06:002018-11-12T08:43:57.562-06:00Should have said "not to acknowledge"
T...Should have said "not to acknowledge"<br /><br />TTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-33811568461273113262018-11-11T13:04:36.826-06:002018-11-11T13:04:36.826-06:00What we tend to acknowledge is what the nameless e...What we tend to acknowledge is what the nameless enemy also leaves behind. Thomas Hardy wrote a poem about "The Man I Killed," that goes in part.<br /><br />"Had he and I but met<br />By some old ancient inn, <br />We should have sat us down to wet<br />Right many a nipperkin.<br /><br />But ranged as infantry, <br />And staring face to face, <br />I shot at him as he at me,<br />And killed him in his place.<br /><br />Yes, quaint and curious war is.<br />You shoot a fellow down,<br />You'd treat if met where any bar is,<br />Or help to half a crown."<br /><br />Tom<br /> Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-65304414998366955452018-11-11T10:41:05.051-06:002018-11-11T10:41:05.051-06:00It may not be a masterpiece like Michaelangelo'...It may not be a masterpiece like Michaelangelo's Pieta, but it tells the Mother's story just as well. The Vietnam Memorial touches my generation in deeply, but I repeat a recommendation I've made previously. If you can time it right, to experience the Korean War Memorial on a cold, windy and snowy day is a moving experience.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613528527379198505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-13015252750634871732018-11-11T07:15:03.592-06:002018-11-11T07:15:03.592-06:00The mother's face says it all.The mother's face says it all.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.com