Day of REMEMBERENCE

[hily 379]

I think this day should be on the 11 of 11 not at the convenience of government or commerce.and i do think that we should never forget.

[riohog 5,701]

WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET

[longrange 0]

lest we forget? i used to take home an old guy that fought in both wars! 2 f**heads beat him up for 4 quid?

never forget my ass! some of them wouldn't remember 20 mins ago ?

[Guest ESS]

For The Fallen

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,

England mourns for her dead across the sea.

Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,

Fallen in the cause of the free.

 

Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal

Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres,

There is music in the midst of desolation

And a glory that shines upon our tears.

 

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,

Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.

They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;

They fell with their faces to the foe.

 

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them.

 

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;

They sit no more at familiar tables of home;

They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;

They sleep beyond England's foam.

 

But where our desires are and our hopes profound,

Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,

To the innermost heart of their own land they are known

As the stars are known to the Night;

 

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,

Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;

As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,

To the end, to the end, they remain.

 

NEVER FORGET

[comanche 2,909]

I think this day should be on the 11 of 11 not at the convenience of government or commerce.and i do think that we should never forget.

 

Rememberence Sunday is linked with church services so its kinda inextricably linked with some sort of compromise about dates but The 11/11/11 one minutes silence can be observed wherever you are. So what if the shop you are queuing in does't shut it's tills at 11 o'clock on the 11th? Why not simply remind them with a timely tap on the watch and a hush sign. If that fails just stand still and block the queue.You won't be alone.

[OldTrapCollector 377]

Just put a lick of polish on my boots and shined the medals up for my annual march through the town myself actually.

 

I owe it to fallen friends and to the memory of those I will never know but will always be indebted to.

 

OTC

[SportingShooter 0]

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.

 

— Lt.-Col. John McCrae

 

Lest We Forget.

 

I will be out and about at 11am tomorrow, in the open air, but I will not forget, never do. Look at the last line of that Poem "If ye break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep, though poppies grow"

 

Poignant Reminders.

 

SS

[longrange 0]

UNDER THE WIDE AND STARRY SKY

DIG THE GRAVE AND LET ME LIE

GLAD DID I LIVE AND GLADLY DIE

AND I LAID ME DOWN WITH A WILL

 

THIS BE THE VERSE YOU 'GRAVE FOR ME

"HER HE LIES WHERE HE LONG'D TO BE

HOME IS THE SAILOR HOME FROM THE SEA

AND THE HUNTER HOME FROM THE HILL"

 

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

 

i will never forget!

[bill88 6]

God Bless them all.

[JoeD 24]

Very brave men and it's disgusting how so many people don't stop to think about it anymore, and unfortunately it's mainly the people around my age.

I went to Belgium with my old school last year, I was moved and I think I was one of the only ones that where, mainly because I have been braught up with a bit of respect and therefore I have always respected them and what they done, I was disgusted at how people acted on the trip, they just ran around the cemetary not taking any thought into account, they where climbing on the memorials, but when I spoke up about it I was the one in trouble over it for being abusive, which is f*****g typical. It is about time the majority of my age group woke up and realised what these brave men and some where boys actually did for us.

My heart goes out to all of them, every soldier that has fought in any war, they fought for there country and what they believed in and that makes them real heroes.

JoeD

[biffo 0]

i'll be marching tomorrow as im a scout leader, im appalled about how little respect some of the kids show. last year i caught one of my scouts listening to his ipod while marching. the little sods just dont appreciate the sacrifices made on thier behalf.

[Halfinch 51]

Very brave men and it's disgusting how so many people don't stop to think about it anymore, and unfortunately it's mainly the people around my age.

I went to Belgium with my old school last year, I was moved and I think I was one of the only ones that where, mainly because I have been braught up with a bit of respect and therefore I have always respected them and what they done, I was disgusted at how people acted on the trip, they just ran around the cemetary not taking any thought into account, they where climbing on the memorials, but when I spoke up about it I was the one in trouble over it for being abusive, which is f*****g typical. It is about time the majority of my age group woke up and realised what these brave men and some where boys actually did for us.

My heart goes out to all of them, every soldier that has fought in any war, they fought for there country and what they believed in and that makes them real heroes.

JoeD

Well said Joe, you give me hope and respect for your generation.

[Duck Down 98 0]

well said, we should never forget because most of the soldiers who died didnt have a choice, they went they fought and they died for our freedom so how can people disrespect them and not show thankfulness,,,,

[Guest john the baptist]

IF I should die, think only this of me;

That there's some corner of a foreign field

That is for ever England. There shall be

In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;

A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,

Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,

A body of England's breathing English air,

Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.

 

And think, this heart, all evil shed away,

A pulse in the eternal mind, no less

Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;

Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;

And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,

In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.

 

Lest we forget

[Missie 1]

I've been working tonight in a bar and not one of the guys I work with is going to a service tomorrow, except for myself and the boss who is in her 60's. I'm one of the older members of staff at 27 but not one of the bar staff or doormen are taking time to remember. I take my daughter every year without fail and she looks forward to it and wears her poppy with pride and it disgusts me that others can't take time out of one sunday to remember those that fought and died for our freedom.