Mistletoe's Musings

I had my two minutes silence this morning at 11a.m. The BBC showed Big Ben and the various markings of the hour around the country including a wreath laying ceremony at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. I think I'd like to visit there.

Here is a video of reconstructed trenches, Tyne Cot cemetery, the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the world; Ieper Town Hall which is the World War I museum and well worth a visit; a ceremony at the Menin Gate which features all the names of the lost (no known graves). The buglers are from Ieper (Ypres) Fire Brigade who perform the Last Post every night and it is a very moving event.

 

Today is Remembrance Sunday in Britain and other places in the Commonwealth when we remember our war dead from 1914 to the present day. The main image that is evoked for me is the First World War, probably because it was supposed to be the war to end all wars. Sadly it sparked many of the problems we face today, the Middle East notwithstanding. So here is my tribute to the men woman and children who have suffered and are still suffering through war.

                                

( Poppies for soldiers )