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'VETERANS DAY' FLASHBACK
11-11-1918
EDITORIAL BY
The Anti-New York Times
Most Americans know November 11 as "Veterans Day" -- the day we honor the poor chumps who have "died for our freedom" (barf), as well as the living ones who knew not and know not of the dark powers that misuse the Department of Offense. We do not intend that in any way as an insult to our vets -- but that is the tragic historical reality of the situation, whether one can handle the truth or not.
But what few people know is that the date originated as, and still coincides with "Armistice Day" -- commemorated every year to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany in a railway carriage at Compiègne, France. This year's remembrance is extra-special because it is a centennial observation.
Make a mental note of the famous railway carriage of 11-11-1918. It is where Germany was tricked into capitulating, triggering celebrations throughout France, the U.K. and the U.S.
The official cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning -- the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" ... 11-11-11 of 1918.