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Today in France is a holiday. But many youngsters don't know why it is a holiday. They only see the fact that there isn't school.
I'll always remember that day when I went to a ceremony in the little town where I grew up. For the curious, it is Plougastel-Daoulas in Brittany, just south of Brest. They never saw combat in WW-I. Yet, at the the start of the war, the population was a bit above 2000. And during the ceremony, they listed each and every one of these men, giving their rank and name followed by 'died on the field of honor'. It was a windy and gloomy day of November.
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That list numbered more than 500 names
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"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce
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