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What You’ll Get From Today’s Show

On November 11th, 1918 the guns finally fell silent on the Western Front with the signing of a cessation of hostilities by the belligerents fighting in World War I. The significance of that event started a worldwide adoption of the day for remembrance and celebration that continues today over 100 years later.  

 

Resources Related to the Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode

The British Imperial War Museum. https://www.iwm.org.uk/  

 

The Canadian War Museum. https://www.warmuseum.ca/ 

 

Arlington National Cemetery. https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/Tomb-of-the-Unknown-Soldier 

 

A short history of the poem In Flanders Fields. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/remembrance-ceremony/4.html 

 

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