April 21, 2016<April 21, 2016 WWI Wednesday: The Care of the Dead by Evangeline Holland [The WAACs] look after the gallant dead, who are lying in the soil for which they fought. Between the pines and the gleaming river…
November 11, 2014<November 11, 2014 Armistice Day, 1920: Homecoming of the Unknown Warrior by Evangeline Holland The war brought many a great funeral ceremony to England and France, but the whole world’s history had never witnessed such a funeral as…
August 4, 2014<August 3, 2014 August 4, 1914 – The lamps are going out all over Europe by Evangeline Holland The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time – Sir Edward Grey (later Lord…