#armisticeday

Upon graduating from high school in the tiny hamlet of Chadwicks, NY, Paulie, bosom friend of my early sorrows, joined the army instead of going to college or work in the private sector. He became a truck

“It’s perfectly ordinary to be a socialist. It’s perfectly normal to be in favor of fire departments.” — Kurt Vonnegut

An unconventional and somewhat disjointed look at the anniversary of the end of World War I.

Today, November 11th, is Veterans Day in the U.S. of A. and Armistice Day in much of the rest of the world. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the Allies and the Central Powers

Today marks Veterans Day. It was first celebrated exactly 100 years ago in 1919, under the name Armistice Day. It was in remembrance of a temporary ceasefire that led to the unofficial end of World War

From Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: All the people of all the nations which had fought in the First World War were silent during the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of Armistice Day,

A day created on the end of WWI, one of the most disgusting wars in history. Now in the U.S. we celebrate Veteran's Day instead, b/c we'd rather honor war than peace. Honoring Veteran's forces everyone