Re: [Phono-L] Veteran's Day and Armistice Day

2015-11-11 Thread Jeff via Phono-L
Hats off to Mr Edison for his "Let Us not Forget" recording. We shall not. My thanks to all the Veterans on the list. Jeff Cecil Austin > On Nov 11, 2015, at 10:25 AM, Peter Fraser via Phono-L > wrote: > > I drive around with one on the stem of my car's windshield rear view mirror. > Sadl

Re: [Phono-L] Veteran's Day and Armistice Day

2015-11-11 Thread Peter Fraser via Phono-L
My Scottish grandmother was 16 years old on November 11, 1918. She's gone now, but lived into her 90s. Years ago, she described how it went through the tenements of Glasgow when the news came. Of course there was no radio and very few telephones, so people shouted from windows and roof tops and

Re: [Phono-L] Veteran's Day and Armistice Day

2015-11-11 Thread Rob via Phono-L
Last year at the tower of london they filled the moat with poppies Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 11, 2015, at 11:25 AM, Peter Fraser via Phono-L > wrote: > > I drive around with one on the stem of my car's windshield rear view mirror. > Sadly, they are no longer handed out on the streets of S

Re: [Phono-L] Veteran's Day and Armistice Day

2015-11-11 Thread Peter Fraser via Phono-L
I drive around with one on the stem of my car's windshield rear view mirror. Sadly, they are no longer handed out on the streets of San Francisco. That's very troubling to me. My grandfather's brother, Eugene Pendleton Carver, was C-in-C of the VFW in the 20s, having served with Pershing in Me