1. El Legado de la Primera Guerra Mundial y el Armisticio.
El 11 de noviembre conmemora originalmente el fin de la Primera Guerra Mundial, la "guerra para acabar con todas las guerras". Esta fecha, conocida como Día del Armisticio, se estableció como un momento de silencio y reconocimiento del inmenso sacrificio, aunque su significado se ha ampliado con el tiempo para honrar a todos los veteranos de conflictos posteriores.
- Veterans day was originally armistice day celebrating the end of world war 1. The war to end all wars. It was extended to all veterans after world war 2.
- Today is veterans day. Originally meant to honor those who sacrificed in wwi, and later for all us military veterans.
- 107 years ago, the guns went silent on the western front, signaling the end of the first world war. Today, we honor the immense sacrifices our veterans have made in the defense our freedoms at home and abroad.
- At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the month, day and time in 1918 when the first world war ceased hostilities, canadians pause to observe two minutes of silence to honour the fallen, and recognize the sacrifices of all who served.
2. El Costo Humano: Trauma, Silencio y Legado Familiar.
Las narrativas personales revelan el profundo impacto psicológico y físico de la guerra, que a menudo se manifiesta en el silencio de los veteranos y el trauma intergeneracional. Muchos veteranos de la Primera y Segunda Guerra Mundial, así como de Vietnam, optaron por no compartir sus experiencias, dejando a sus familias con las consecuencias invisibles del conflicto.
- Today i think about my grandfather williard worth and his landing at d-day, the horrors he saw at buchenwald, and how he never talked about it. And how that truly messed up multiple generations in my family. War is terrible.
- My grandpa was a wwi vet, red arrow division, purple heart. He never spoke about his war experiences.
- My grandfather was a wwii pow, and even though he survived, his subsequent violent alcoholism badly affected my mum, and even through her trauma on me and my sister. War destroys so many lives, and the white poppy is essential.
- My grandad never talked about the war. His main trauma was the food. He said the rations were so bad, the enemy would have surrendered immediately if wed just thrown tins of spam at them.
- I hate war and how we prioritize war over everything in this country. I wish my dad never joined, because he died last month from drinking away the demons of vietnam. Fuck war.
3. La Tensión de la Conmemoración: Paz vs. Glorificación.
Existe una fuerte crítica a la forma en que se celebra el Día de los Veteranos, percibida por muchos como una glorificación del militarismo en lugar de una reflexión sobre la necesidad de la paz. Los veteranos que experimentaron el combate a menudo son los más fervientes opositores a la guerra, enfatizando que el día debe ser un recordatorio de los horrores que deben evitarse.
- If youve fought in a war, you know it is a terrible thing, not a thing to be glorified. Nov 11th was originally designated as armisticeday to celebrate the end of ww1.
- I see so many posts about remembrance day being about honouring veterans, but this is the smallest part of what this holiday is about for me. I see remembrance day as the day when we remember the horror of war and pledge to seek peaceful solutions.
- It is hard to explain to people from the us how much of my remembrance day experience growing up taught the lesson war is shit. I dont wear a poppy to glorify war! i wear it to remind myself that war is shit, even when it is or seems necessary.
- I may be against war myself, but am thankful to know and have known some veterans throughout the world and for all those who have fought to keep the world a safer place.
- The nicest veterans.the kindest and funniest ones, the ones who hated war the most, were the ones whod really fought.