The end of World War One Lets We Forget

The end of World War One Lets We Forget

The end of World War One Lets We Forget - Today is that the day that a lot of Commonwealth countries (Great Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, etc), France, Belgium, and others bear in mind and pay respect to mark the top of World War One. The armistice was signed to finish hostilities at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.

In cities, cities and villages across these countries, individuals observe 2 minutes silence to recall the supreme sacrifice paid by youngsters to defend the numerous freedoms we have a tendency to relish these days. Walls of names on these monuments stretch into the gap and determine the hellishness of war. This year marks the ninetieth anniversary of the top of the war and {very|and intensely} few very elderly men survive from now, all well over a hundred. The last Australian WW1 soldier gave up the ghost recently whereas solely 3 British WW1 troopers stay.
The symbolic red corn poppy that grew wild across the muddy and harsh battle fields of the flatlands of Flanders in northern France and Belgium is worn close to the guts - the red being symbolic of the bloodshed of the fallen troopers.

Along with the only real bugler taking part in The Last Post, the words of the Ode of Remembrance are scan out:

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.
Lest we forget.

I recall visiting two of these cemeteries in France some years ago, both near Villers-Bretonneux in northern France - beautifully maintained and places of true serenity and peace. The vast majority of those headstones marked young men who were less than 25 years of age, many in their teens and many unidentified. Even the hardiest of souls couldn't help but be moved.

There is a resurgence in interest in understanding, remembering and paying respect to the fallen from these past wars. I find it reassuring that the memories are strengthening with time rather than fading.

Lets we forget!