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#MyLongWalk2019
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances (Invierno) 2019
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It's at 8pm every night of the year come rain or shine. See THIS link for details.Will not miss it - am there for two nights so will take it in twice!
We have an expression here in the UK: A Thankful Village - it's the name given to a town, village or hamlet that lost no sons or daughters in WW1. There are just 52 of these in the whole of England and Wales (one bizarrely called Upper Slaughter!). There's not a single recorded Thankful Village in the whole of Ireland nor in Scotland - they all lost somebody. 14 are Doubly Thankful - they lost no sons or daughters in WW2 either.Similarly, I was brought to near tears at each of the small French village memorials to war dead on LePuy and Vezelay. A village with 10 buildings would have 10 names for WW1 and 1-2 for WW2. "The Great War"
And from history curriculum in the 50s-60s, I though USA and Brits won WW2. Now with so many Netflix documentaries, I think it was really the Russians--20-27 million dead!!
Memorial Day here in USA.
And FYI we discovered a restaurant that had just opened near the main square called"The Library" that we loved and frequented.Will not miss it - am there for two nights so will take it in twice!
America declared war on German in April 1917 actually but, oddly, waited until December 1917 to declare war on Germany's ally Austria-Hungary.The USA did not come into the war until 1918. Many countries including Australia, Canada and India made huge contributions to winning that war and suffered many losses.
My mothers brother was with the AIF and was killed in 1917 in Belgium.
Going to try this place out later after Last PostAnd FYI we discovered a restaurant that had just opened near the main square called"The Library" that we loved and frequented.
Going to try this place out later after Last Post
according to Google it is now permanently closed.And FYI we discovered a restaurant that had just opened near the main square called"The Library" that we loved and frequented.
That is sad!according to Google it is now permanently closed.
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