The First World War boys
It came and it went
The reason for fightin'
I never did get

Heißt es bei Bob Dylan

Nun habe ich mich durch die 900 Seiten von Clarks Schlafwandlern gequält und weiß alles über das Auto von Franz Ferdinand, die Kleider seiner Frau, wieviele Attentäter am Straßenrand standen, aber den Grund für den Krieg habe ich immer noch nicht verstanden.

#ErsterWeltkrieg #WorldWarOne

Today in Labor History June 1, 1914: 80 U.S. militia men refused to board a train as reinforcements for the U.S. invasion of Veracruz, Mexico. The U.S. ultimately occupied the region for six months because President Huerta refused to provide the U.S. with a 21-gun salute as an apology for arresting nine U.S. sailors. More significantly, Veracruz was an important oil port. Germany and Britain had been battling for its control. The occupation gave the U.S. greater influence on the still unfolding Mexican Revolution, as well as the growing tensions in Europe. 21 US troops died in the invasion and occupation, while slaughtering over 320 Mexicans.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #mexico #Revolution #imperialism #veracruz #occupation #mutiny #invasion #WorldWarOne

És akkor ezzel a ma két éves képpel zárom a napot.
Irány az ágy! Holnap hosszú napom lesz!

Mogyorósbánya első világháborús emlékműve.

#Mogyorosbanya #Hungary #VillageLife #WarMemorial #WWIMemorial #WorldWarOne #LocalHistory #Heritage #CulturalHeritage #Memorial #Remembrance #HistoryPhotography #TravelHungary #HiddenHungary #RuralHungary #EuropeanHistory #HistoricPlaces #PeaceAndRemembrance #travel #trip

A postcard from 1914 that Jean writes to his wife before being sent to the front.

Also, a great picture of a great city.

https://davidbilla.net/albi-general-view-and-st-cecilia-cathedral/

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Today in Labor History April 24, 1915: The Turkish government arrested 250 Armenian intellectuals in Istanbul. This marked the beginning of the Armenian genocide. The Ottomans went on to slaughter over 1.5 million Armenians from 1915-1917, or 90% of the Armenian population. The genocide also destroyed two thousand year’s-worth of Armenian civilization in Asian Minor. The U.S. Congress did not officially recognize the Armenian genocide until 2019. Israel didn’t recognize it until 2025. Today, April 24, is now recognized as Armenian Genocide Memorial Day. In 1997, the Council of Armenian-American Organizations of Northern California (CAAONC), a coalition of over 30 Armenian-American Organizations, purchased the cross on top of Mount Davidson, the highest peak in San Francisco (928 feet). The cross, which is visible throughout the city (at least when the city isn’t socked in with pea soup fog) has been recognized as a memorial to the Armenian Genocide ever since.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #armenia #genocide #ottomans #turkey #racism #worldwarone