Rememberance

Won't be around tomorrow by the looks of it so this ones a little early. Not that anyone should mind.


They shall not grow old
As we who are left grow old;
Age shall not wither them,
Nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
And in the morning,
We will remember them

I'm not even goign to dignify that with any responce other than this.

Nice one Jim, i am glad that someone round here has the respect that those men deseve .I personnaly will be silent for 2 minutes as a mark of respect to those who gave their lives to save the country and to keep our way of life, for if they hadnt how the world would be different now. I dought very much if you would have freedom of speach . Once again Welldone Jim

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Never mind. Thanks Russ. Was out on parade witht he OTC today along with the student wing of the marines and RAF. Very proud moment to say the least. According to the teletext there was about 300 students out.

I'll try n get some photos up if I can work out how to do it.

I went on Thurs to the beach where they have a special service of people praying on the beach surrounded by old soldiers. The town I live in WW2 after a lot of bombing, one of the English planes had been hit it was crashing into the town, the pilots knew this , they delibrately gave up their lives and sent the plane into the sea to save the town. I always am thankfully for what they did.

Today I watched the service on tv with the Queen and all the soldiers marching past led by a 108year in his wheelchair he was crying as he looked at the memorial. I dont know how they all live with the memories that they have to endure , they are so brave , we are only who we are today because of them ....

Dawn

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.


We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.


Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.


John McCrae

Ok, forgive me my ignorance but what is this topic about?

used as a symbol of remembrance]] Remembrance Day or Armistice Day is a day of commemoration observed in the Commonwealth of Nations and various European countries (including France and Belgium) to commemorate World War I and other wars.

It is observed on November 11 to recall the end of World War I on that date in 1918.

Remembrance Day is specifically dedicated to members of the armed forces who were killed during war.

Common British, Canadian and ANZAC traditions include two minutes' silence at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month (the time that the armistice became effective), and wearing artificial poppies sold to raise funds for veterans' groups (the Earl Haig Fund in Britain or the Royal Canadian Legion in Canada). The poppy emblem was chosen because of the poppies that bloomed across some of the worst battlefields of Flanders in World War I, their red colour an appropriate symbol for the bloodshed of trench warfare.

In Britain, although two minutes' silence is often observed on 11th November itself, the main observance is on the Sunday nearest 11 November, Remembrance Sunday, when ceremonies are held at local communities' War Memorials, usually organized by local branches of the Royal British Legion – an association for ex-serviceman. Typically poppy wreaths are laid. A minute's or two minutes' silence is also frequently incorporated into church services on that day.