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Rememberance Day.
Topic Started: Nov 13 2005, 09:25 PM (127 Views)
twinthing
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I was moved this evening listening to the stories of the men and boys who lost their lives in both world wars.

I was out shopping at 11am and the shop we were in did have a two min silence but it wasnt observed by all the shoppers!

I painted jack in memory of all those who never came home.

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Jenny
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Ir was very moving at work on Friday. The pharmacist, at eleven o'clock went into the crowded shop and announced, as it is now the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month we will now observe two minutes silence. The entire shop stood, heads bowed. When the two minutes were up, he recited: At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.
I felt my eyes welling up and the customers were moved too.
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Verlie
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:wave: Oh I love that cat! Jenny every year my husband lights the canon to fire it at 11 on the eleventh day. It means alot to him. Used to have friends over from his work and target shoot their guns. I never lost anyone in war, but, my paternal grandfather was in a trench and it was blown up. Only he survived. :thumbup; Verlie
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jo145
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We had our 2 minutes silence at church today. No one coughed or made any sound even all the young children who were at the front of the church. My dad survived, or I wouldn't have been here, but his memories were the cause of nightmares especially going into Belsen. He left his medals to my son who was only 4 when he died and we had them framed and he has them in his room. "We shall remember them."
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VirginiaS
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It's beautiful. I always lose it at the moment of silence.
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mifmif
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I never knew my grandfather. He survived the first world war, having to play dead on the battle field for hours or he would have got bayonetted. He survived, but the trauma turned him to drink and he died from alcoholism-related illnesses.

This is a lovely tribute to everyone who never came back.

Maria x
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Poppy
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I love Jack, it's a great tribute to all who fought for our freedom.

We were shopping In town yesterday when we heard the brass band at the bottom of the street. It was coming from the Priory Church after the Rememberance Day Sunday service. We watched it file past with all the young sevice cadets, the various service Men & Women in the actual services and the Vetrans, proudly marching, thier very hard won medals proudly proclaiming thier part in OUR FREEDOM. Everyone stood still, HOW COULD WE forget them?
I could see their badges displaying the Golden Lion of The Kings Own Royal Regiment. (Our local Regiment, now sadly amalgamated with other Regiments).
Poppy. :hug:
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Heidi
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As I'm not from the UK, out of pure interest, I want to ask you if you have a rememberance day on november 12th every year and why at that date.

Here we remember all the victims of the 2nd world war on May the 4th.
On May the 5th we celebrate our freedom.
Lots of veterans (English, Canadian etc.) visit our country at those days.
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waxingsteve
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Heidi, our remembrance day is actually November 11th, Armistice Day of the First World War. We tend to have a special church service on the nearest Sunday, which is Remembrance Sunday. As we already had Armistice Day, this was adopted for subsequent wars as the most appropriate day for remembering all those who made such sacrifices for us all. Another carry-over from WWI is the Poppy itself, from the Poppies that grew on the battlefields after that war.

Steve :)
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