Because the tradition of remembering the war dead at this time in November dates from Armistice Day 1918 - the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, etc.cdd wrote:A question for you all: Why is it world war one in particular that gets commemorated?
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well yes but the black handed men were surely just expressing their preference to the kaiserSput wrote:I don't know, black men's hands shouldn't just get up by themselves and destroy popular Scottish rock groups you know! People were bound to be upset!
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The black handed men might think the Kaiser was THEIR chief but they were mistaken.Hymagumba wrote:well yes but the black handed men were surely just expressing their preference to the kaiserSput wrote:I don't know, black men's hands shouldn't just get up by themselves and destroy popular Scottish rock groups you know! People were bound to be upset!
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Apropros to which, I still maintain that they should have waited until 24th December 1918 -- that way their claim that the "war would be over by Christmas" would still have held true.James Hatts wrote:Because the tradition of remembering the war dead at this time in November dates from Armistice Day 1918 - the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, etc.cdd wrote:A question for you all: Why is it world war one in particular that gets commemorated?
I still maintain that you should shut up.cdd wrote:Apropros to which, I still maintain that they should have waited until 24th December 1918 -- that way their claim that the "war would be over by Christmas" would still have held true.
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