Monday, November 11, 2024

The Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month

106 years ago today . . . 

Armistice Day is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War 1 and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War 1, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning, the 'eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month' of 1918. An American artillery gun from the 11th Field Artillery Regiment named 'Calamity Jane' fired a single shot at this time, known as the closing shot of the war. The armistice initially expired after a period of 36 days. A formal peace agreement was only reached when the Treaty of Versailles was signed the following year.


May we never forget the horrors of war in order that we be diligent in forging pathways to peace.





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