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Post by neophone on Nov 11, 2008 17:44:54 GMT -5
Folks, Remember....................................................... This may well be the last Armistice Day we have veterans of The World War among us. Regards, J.
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Post by MordEth on Nov 11, 2008 20:14:00 GMT -5
J. I was going to ask if there were any known surviving soldiers from the Great War, but Google answered that question for me. According to CTV Toronto, Canada has only has one remaining veteran from the First World War, which Wikipedia confirms. John Babcock is 108 years old. The last identified living American veteran of the first World War is Frank Buckles, who is 107. While my great grandmother lived to be 104, I cannot imagine living that long. I wonder how they’ve felt to see the world change in that period of time. — MordEth
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Post by iberville on Nov 11, 2008 20:35:01 GMT -5
J. I was going to ask if there were any known surviving soldiers from the Great War, but Google answered that question for me. According to CTV Toronto, Canada has only has one remaining veteran from the First World War, which Wikipedia confirms. John Babcock is 108 years old. The last identified living American veteran of the first World War is Frank Buckles, who is 107. While my great grandmother lived to be 104, I cannot imagine living that long. I wonder how they’ve felt to see the world change in that period of time. WOW! he's From my area. I'll have to look for Lilac Trees or Day lily Remnants. That's the only way to know where a "Settlement house" once stood
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Post by MordEth on Nov 11, 2008 21:50:24 GMT -5
WOW! he's From my area. I'll have to look for Lilac Trees or Day lily Remnants. That's the only way to know where a "Settlement house" once stood That’s interesting to know; sometimes it really seems like a small world. If you can, take some pictures; I’d be interested in seeing more of West Virginia. I’ve driven through it, several years ago (when I moved to Boston), and long ago I vacationed there with my family, but the way my family vacationed, each place kind of blurred into the others. I think this is the way of family vacations when you’re young; looking back everything seems so indistinct. And history is more interesting when you’re hearing and seeing it through the people to whom it is personal. I’ve been lucky to have gotten a lot of the minutiae of the history of various parts of Boston from Neophone. — MordEth
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