Posted on 11/01/2016 3:29:26 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Two bugle calls, framing a symbolic night watch at a cenotaph… it’s not a bad way to spend a couple of minutes every year
Ritual is an old human activity and some of the best ones operate at a more or less unconscious level combining symbolism with myth and belief. Our basic Remembrance Day rituals on November 11th seem right and fitting, and they evolved that way in the immediate aftermath of the First World War.
Our Remembrance Day observation combines elements of classical Greece and Rome, a Christian hope of resurrection, and practices that probably go back to pre-historic times. They were not designed by a committee so much as they were assembled in 1919-1922 by the people of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.
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