Le Ruisseau des 3 Fontaines / The Brook of 3 Fountains.

  

Should God and heaven hold a place for me,

If Joan's not there nor will I be,

To share her place in hell would be heaven to me

There are no words, there never will be,

Her every tear has baptized me.

 

There is but one place on earth that I care to be,

One place on this earth, and when God calls me,

May my ashes be dispersed at the place I wished first,

Near the home of my Saint Joan in the town of Domrémy.

  

Sainte Jeanne d'Arc est la plus belle création de Dieu et ma patronne personnelle /

Saint Joan of Arc is God's most beautiful creation and my personal patron.

  

Codi von Richthofen © — She Touched Me There

  

  

Please Help Preserve Joan's Childhood Church in Domrémy !

  

During The First World War, countless soldiers adopted Joan of Arc as their Patroness. Though not yet canonized, she too had been a soldier who fought near battlefields where many of them were fighting and dying. Among other things, she is recognized as the Patron Saint of WWI, the Great War.

 

In 1920, two years after the war's conclusion, Joan of Arc was finally canonized by Pope Benedict XV, and for so many WWI servicemen and women she would remain inextricably linked with their experience. This may be why I have a copy of the above 1918 poster by William Haskell Coffin proudly framed and mounted — In homage to the artist, to all those who served during World War I and, The Great War Girl herself, Saint Joan of Arc.

 

Now, you may ask "is this really important?" Well, the last surviving veterans of World War I have now passed from this earth — they can't and won't speak for themselves anymore. No one has the right to decide what aspects of their war are important and what aspects aren't. Only the veterans should decide that... and they DID... LONG AGO.

  

  

When honouring those who served or gave their lives during The First World War, you should also observe the fact that they chose Joan.

 

My name is Codi von Richthofen, and SAINT JOAN OF ARC SUPERSTAR © is an online gallery devoted to La Pucelle, Saint Joan of Arc. I also host another Photoblog/Website entitled the RED BARON GALLERY ©. It's dedicated to German World War I aviation.

  

* Though this is a public Website, the purpose of SAINT JOAN OF ARC SUPERSTAR © is primarily to serve the members of LA PUCELLE. If a part of you was burned on May 30, 1431, you're more than welcome to join our Web forum.

  

  

"Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier" is an American Revolutionary War ballad. It's also known as "Buttermilk Hill."

  

Here I sit on Buttermilk Hill

Who would blame me cry my fill

And every tear could turn a mill

Johnny has gone for a soldier.

 

I'll sell my clock, I'll sell my reel,

Likewise I'll sell my spinning wheel,

To buy my love a sword of steel,

Johnny has gone for a soldier.

 

Me, Oh my, I love him so,

Broke my heart to see him go

And only time can heal my woe

Johnny has gone for a soldier.

  

  

  

Codi von Richthofen,

Saint Joan of Arc Superstar ©.