The End of an Age: France's Last WWI Vet Dies

" France's last surviving veteran of World War One, Lazare Ponticelli, has died at the age of 110. President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the death on Wednesday, paying tribute to the last "poilu", as French WWI veterans were known. "Today, I express the nation's deep emotion...
  • Jordan Yerman
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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The Poppy Fields {part 1}
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The Poppy Fields {part 1}

If you walk around any town in the UK this week you will find a large number of people wearing paper red flowers on their jackets and coats. These flowers, poppies, mark Remembrance Sunday, which is...
  • The Anglo American
created by The Anglo American | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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