Uploaded November 2018 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago
Today people across the world are tolling bells, marking the Centenary of the end of the First World War and paying tribute to the millions killed or wounded in battle, and those on the home front who struggled amidst pain and loss to help ensure freedom survived.
Natalia 'Saw Lady' Paruz ringing 'Taps' on 4-in-hand handbells at WWI memorial in Astoria Park, Queens, NYC, USA.
Inscription on memorial:
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT
A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
ERECTED 1926 BY THE PEOPLE OF LONG ISLAND CITY
IN HONOR OF ALL THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR 1914-1918
Today people across the world are tolling bells, marking the Centenary of the end of the First World War and paying tribute to the millions killed or wounded in battle, and those on the home front who struggled amidst pain and loss to help ensure freedom survived.
Natalia 'Saw Lady' Paruz ringing 'Taps' on 4-in-hand handbells at WWI memorial in Astoria Park, Queens, NYC, USA.
Inscription on memorial:
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT
A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
ERECTED 1926 BY THE PEOPLE OF LONG ISLAND CITY
IN HONOR OF ALL THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR 1914-1918
