Well, it is more precisely a solemn day of commemoration than a holiday, or a jour de fête. For May 8, 1945, is the day that Germany surrendered to the Allies, and Europe was at last free of the Nazi nightmare they had lived through for more than a decade. Each year in towns, cities, […]| Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road
Jeanne d’Arc. Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1879. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The very first time I was in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City I was there in the best of circums…| Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road
Musée des Beaux Arts, Lille. Place de la République. Photo by Phineas Rueckert. Lille, the capital of the Hauts de France region, is a lovely city in the northeastern tip of France’s “H…| Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road
It’s been called Veterans Day in the United States since 1954. But it was originally called Armistice Day, and the date on which we remember the veterans of all wars was originally chosen because it is the day on which Germany surrendered to the Allies at the end of World War I, in 1918. It […]| Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road