John McDermott – The Green Fields of France
An evening pause: For Armistice Day. The song should remind us that the shadows cast by the first World War have been long and enduring, and even a hundred years after continue to influence us, for good and ill.
Hat tip Phill Oltmann
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WWI and the Lessons for Today –
Victor Davis Hanson, 2014
https://youtu.be/sBzMANLQ9dQ?t=540
1:04:10
Robert,
An extremely poignant and emotional choice. It is a great pity that the Great War was not the war to end all wars.
I have never heard that song before, nor will I now ever forget it.
May I suggest the following that is also an appropriate song for this day:
“We Remember” by Duane O’Brien
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU1oB8sGyYM
“Forgetfulness is our greatest sin.”