Saturday, 20 December 2014

1914 christmas truce remembered

On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, nearly 100 years ago, military from both sides met in "no man's land" to play football and sing carols with each other.

Watch: 1914 Christmas truce commemorated with London street art

Centenary of World War One's 1914 Christmas truce is remembered with two pieces of street art in London and Berlin


The Christmas truce between British and German forces during World War One is being commemorated in the form of street art in London and Berlin.
Artwork completed this week at Great Eastern Street's Shoreditch Art Wall illustrates the unofficial ceasefires that took place along the Western Front in Flanders Fields around Christmas 1914. Berlin also has a display at the city's Potsdamer Platz.
On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, nearly 100 years ago, military from both sides met in "no man's land" to play football and sing carols with each other.
Andrew Daines, Director of VISITFLANDERS UK and Ireland said: “We hope that through these artworks, visitors and locals in London and Berlin will take a moment to reflect, to remember and to learn from this monumental period in history.”
The artwork will be on display until December 26.



Graffiti artist makes his contribution to the street art in Shoreditch. Credit: VisitFlanders


And a great place to go for information:
CBBC Newsround - 100 years on from the 1914 Christmas Truce

For lots more info:
Christmas truce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And a statue has just been unveiled in Liverpool:

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