It's strange that the instruments of war should be so beautiful. Here's a video of an airshow this year in Blenheim, New Zealand, that featured seven Fokker Dr I triplanes, a Fokker D VII, a SE5a, a Sopwith Camel, and a Nieuport. You can find details of the planes here.
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Mark Knopfler's Telegraph Road for guitar junkies only; background here. In concert the end of the song turns into an extended jam:
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Our 5-year-old John says he's going to have a guitar and a trumpet when he grows up, so I googled up a video of Miles Davis playing my favorite of his, So What. Coltrane's there, too, and lots of guys smoking in the background. Good, good stuff:
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Here's the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in France; the Meuse-Argonne offensive began today in 1918.
And here's a video of the cemetery and memorial:
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