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History Matters: Christmas Truce

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published December 25, 2018 at 6:35 AM CST
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This image is in the public domain in the United States because it was first published outside the United States prior to January 1, 1923.
The Illustrated London News's illustration of the Christmas Truce: "British and German Soldiers Arm-in-Arm Exchanging Headgear:

 

Dr. Gary Joiner
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Dr. Gary Joiner

Airs Tuesday, December 25, 2018, at 7:45 a.m. Commentator Gary Joiner looks back at the  Christmas Truce of WW I - When men of war lay down their arms to celebrate the prayers they all embraced, a prayer for peace.

 
History Matters is made possible in part by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine.
 
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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”
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