(1138) Happy elevenses, all. OH dear, something decided to play up and I lost most of my post. However, there was a way around it … not a good way but at least a way … (1602)

 

16. Last on Armistice Day for now

Two items to finish this remembrance … first is from History Girl:

One of the most intense and profound moments in history. 11am on the 11th November 1918 when the guns fell silent. This should be shown in every school. pic.twitter.com/zLyko3wqMV

— History Girl (@HistoryGirlBW) November 11, 2025

Second is from me, trying to put Armistice Day in context. It starts early morning, at dawn, in the Antipodes and as you know, the earth turns, the 11 a.m. moves on westwards.

So Singapore and other places with Allied troops still there commemorate it, Poland does for example … and then France:

Armistice Day In France

Then we cross the ditch to Britain and …

NOTHING, not a bleedin’ thing!

Not officially, though many do post on social media, free of the MSM, pollies, the Wokerati and the far left.

Then it crosses the pond, past various islands and reaches the US and Canada. Finally it goes full circle back to NZ. In that 24 hour continuum, the only major nation among the Allies to let everyone down is the UK.

However, that’s only officially. On a site such as X, it was beautiful watching it go around the world, as Christmas does and there were many Brits posting about the commemoration, reading those words, hearing that sound. They preferred to do it internationally today. As some of us did here at HQ and over at OoL.

So it’s now done for us, 1157, nearly afternoon, and it crosses the pond. I love such continuums around the world.

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1520: Well, I was wrong about no one observing it in Britain … can’t even say officially as Wills and Kate were at it. And online, quite a few Brits … so that’s just nice. Plus a nice indoors type day here.