(Concert begins at approx. 5:56.)
This is the first concert given at Notre Dame since the tragic fire. They normally give several concert in the cathedral throughout the year, but the structure is only now safe enough... and note that they are still earing hard hats.
Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Friday, December 25, 2020
Monday, April 15, 2019
Notre Dame is Burning
The Cathedral of Notre Dame is burning.
Notre Dame Cathedral fire: Flames break out in historic church tower in Paris, France - CBS News
Notre Dame Cathedral fire: Flames break out in historic church tower in Paris, France - CBS News
Sunday, November 11, 2018
One Hundred Years
At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the guns fell silent.
Temporarily.
Conventional wisdom says that the "Buddy" the song is about was KIA on the Western Front.
Turned on the TV today and TMC was running the first part of the Veteran's Day (AKA Poppy Day, AKA Decoration Day) Marathon. Caught the end of Hell Below (1933), a World War One submarine drama I'd never heard of, then The Fighting 69th (1940), finished up (for now) with Sergeant York (1941).
I'm currently reading Thunder in the Argonne: A New History of America's Greatest Battle, a 21st Century US Army officer's analysis of the final campaign of the First World War. It's pretty good, although occasionally the 21st Century operational terminology -- jargon, if you will -- can be jarring.
Nevertheless, it's an excellent analysis of the performance under fire of the American Expeditionary Forces. I'm not sure how realistic it is to regret (a hundred years ago, or now) that the US military had no experience with conducting combat operations on that scale, since... well, the closest the US military had to having that level of expertise was 50+ years in the past, in the Civil War. Even if Pershing had listened to all the advice the French and British had offered, it would have been too much to expect command and staff at all levels to do so.
Anyway. Recommended.
This showed up in my Twitter feed today. Not bad. World War I Centenary: 100 Legacies of the Great War.
And in my in box:
Temporarily.
Conventional wisdom says that the "Buddy" the song is about was KIA on the Western Front.
Turned on the TV today and TMC was running the first part of the Veteran's Day (AKA Poppy Day, AKA Decoration Day) Marathon. Caught the end of Hell Below (1933), a World War One submarine drama I'd never heard of, then The Fighting 69th (1940), finished up (for now) with Sergeant York (1941).
Once in khaki suits
Gee, we looked swell!
Full of that Yankee-Doodle dee-dum!
Full of that Yankee-Doodle dee-dum!
Ten thousands boots
Went marching through Hell
And I was the kid with the drum!
I'm currently reading Thunder in the Argonne: A New History of America's Greatest Battle, a 21st Century US Army officer's analysis of the final campaign of the First World War. It's pretty good, although occasionally the 21st Century operational terminology -- jargon, if you will -- can be jarring.
Nevertheless, it's an excellent analysis of the performance under fire of the American Expeditionary Forces. I'm not sure how realistic it is to regret (a hundred years ago, or now) that the US military had no experience with conducting combat operations on that scale, since... well, the closest the US military had to having that level of expertise was 50+ years in the past, in the Civil War. Even if Pershing had listened to all the advice the French and British had offered, it would have been too much to expect command and staff at all levels to do so.
Anyway. Recommended.
This showed up in my Twitter feed today. Not bad. World War I Centenary: 100 Legacies of the Great War.
And in my in box:
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
A Reminder
Not that I think anyone who reads my blog needs it, but here is a reminder of what "male privilege" looked like 74 years ago:
Saving the sum of things for pay, for 242 years, and counting.
Monday, March 26, 2018
The next time...
..someone starts talking smack about the French, I am going to tell them about Arnaud Beltrame - Wikipedia
French hero officer who swapped himself for hostage dies | WGN-TV
Arnaud Beltrame: Officer who swapped places with hostage dies
(Yes the titles are near copies. The articles are different.)
( Chris Hernandez has a few thoughts on that subject, too...
(Working with the French Army
(Photos of French and American troops in Afghanistan | chrishernandezauthor)
French hero officer who swapped himself for hostage dies | WGN-TV
Arnaud Beltrame: Officer who swapped places with hostage dies
(Yes the titles are near copies. The articles are different.)
( Chris Hernandez has a few thoughts on that subject, too...
(Working with the French Army
(Photos of French and American troops in Afghanistan | chrishernandezauthor)
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