Nov.11. I think of the Somme and 20000 dead and 40000 wounded in a single day. Verdun with over a million dead. Passchendaele where the flower of Canada fell in the bottomless and unforgiving mud in the fall of 1917. I think of the millions of dead ,maimed, mad or missing for the ego of kings and generals, and most of all I think that it was all a waste. We learned nothing. No peace treaty was signed, and we would start it all over again in 1939. Our modern world and all its strife and suffering grow from the poisoned ground of the trenches...May our posterity forgive us for we are still making the same mistakes.---Ray
Miss K this is a beautiful post, thank you for putting it together. I appreciate the fact you respect and admire the best that America is supposed to represent. We seem to have come far from those highest ideals but we may yet renew some of the lustre of previous generations.
Ray - The men whose lives were spent on war thank you for your poignant remembrance. Sadly, it is unlikely that humanity will ever refrain from repeating mistakes. I know I can't, despite 6 decades of making them. The forgiveness of our Creator is the only salve for the torment of our imperfection.
Nov.11. I think of the Somme and 20000 dead and 40000 wounded in a single day. Verdun with over a million dead. Passchendaele where the flower of Canada fell in the bottomless and unforgiving mud in the fall of 1917. I think of the millions of dead ,maimed, mad or missing for the ego of kings and generals, and most of all I think that it was all a waste. We learned nothing. No peace treaty was signed, and we would start it all over again in 1939. Our modern world and all its strife and suffering grow from the poisoned ground of the trenches...May our posterity forgive us for we are still making the same mistakes.---Ray
ReplyDeleteMiss K this is a beautiful post, thank you for putting it together. I appreciate the fact you respect and admire the best that America is supposed to represent. We seem to have come far from those highest ideals but we may yet renew some of the lustre of previous generations.
ReplyDeleteRay - The men whose lives were spent on war thank you for your poignant remembrance. Sadly, it is unlikely that humanity will ever refrain from repeating mistakes. I know I can't, despite 6 decades of making them. The forgiveness of our Creator is the only salve for the torment of our imperfection.