As a Brit we (my wife and I) went to see this display. It touched us deeply. We wear our poppy with pride - and tomorrow is Remembrance Sunday, we shall all wear one - and I am privileged to lead an Act of Remembrance at a local village.
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.”
all reply:
“We will remember them”.
At our local cenotaph the names of 10 other young men who died in WW1 and WW2 have been added to the roll call. It shall be a moving experience.
warmest regards
vimto.
“As a Brit”
The “vimto” kind of gave it away. ;-)
My best for tomorrow.
As will I, both the poppy and going to an Act of Rememberence (at a tiny village memorial). Only severe illness has and will ever stop me going to a commemoration.
The other day I saw a woman wearing a pretty ceramic poppy pin on the lapel of her jacket. I remarked on its attractiveness and said it was good she was wearing it in honor of Veterans’ Day.
She responded with a smile, “I’m British. We wear the poppy all month long, it’s a month of remembrance.” She then lifted the other lapel and showed me a smaller poppy pin, bright red, pinned to her dress.
“We wear one poppy for each war. The first war was fought for greed. The second war was fought for racism.”