Remembrance Sunday |
| 11th November 2008, Marked the 90th anniversary of the end of the Great War. |
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| On the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the guns finally fell silent over the battlefields of Europe, as the amnestise was signed, drawing an end to the Great War.
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The Remembrance Day and the Two Minute Silence have been observed since the end of the First World War, but their relevance remains undiminished. When we bow our heads in reflection, we remember those who fought for our freedom during the two World Wars.
But we also mourn and honour those who have lost their lives in more recent conflicts. Today, with troops on duty in Iraq, Afghanistan and other trouble spots around the world, Remembrance, and this two minute tribute, are as important as ever.
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In Flanders' Fields John McCrae, 1915
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.
WE SHALL NOT FORGET THEM
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