The Runners of the Western Front
On November 11, 1918, at 5:10 in the morning, the Armistice was signed in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiegne. But the cease-fire...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Isaiah 52:7-10.
On November 11, 1918, at 5:10 in the morning, the Armistice was signed in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiegne. But the cease-fire would not take effect until 11:00 a. m. For nearly six hours, runners sprinted through the mud and frost of the Western Front, carrying the most beautiful message the trenches had heard in four years: the war is over.…
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