The feel of what the armistice meant

By Tory Duncan

Sunday was a day in which a great deal of emotions were being shared both personally and through social media (for me directly...Twitter). It was the 100th anniversary of the signing of the armistice, which ended World War I. Obviously never having been through war and conflict, I found a “share” on Twitter that really hit home...it put me back in time...1918, Nov. 11, 1918 to be exact.

THE OBSERVATION

The following is a reflection from Eddie Rickenbacker, an American air ace, describing the moment of armistice from 500 feet above “noman’s land” in his plane. “I glanced at my watch. One minute to 11, thirty seconds, fifteen. And then it was 11 a.m., the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. I was the only audience for the greatest show ever presented.

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