Veteran's Day

[chris_gerrib]

I was going to talk about the writing concept of "commit to action" but instead I'll talk about Veteran's Day. For my Canadian readers, that's what we in America call Armistice Day.

On 11 AM, November 11, 1918 (the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month) the guns of WWI fell silent. This brought to a close the bloodiest war the world had yet seen. Most of the combatant countries decided to celebrate that day as a holiday, for good reason. After WWII, a movement in the US started up to have a holiday for a all veterans, and it quickly became law.

Other then not working, I'm not doing anything special today. But yesterday I helped rededicate a statue, Spirit of the Fighting Yank, outside our bank's Devon Avenue, Chicago location. It was in sad shape, as you can see from the link, but now:



It's in great shape.

Comments

[jeff-duntemann.livejournal.com]

Bravo. I used to live just a couple of blocks east of there, near Campbell and Devon. It's good to see the statute brought back to like-new condition.

Fighting Yank

[(Anonymous)]

May I use your photo on my Fighting Yank page (the one you linked to) to replace the current photo showing the sculpture in its former condition?

Thanks,

Les Kopel
Webmaster
Earl Goldsmith's Viquesney Doughboy Database