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littlewolf
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11th of the 11 - Remembrance Day
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Each year I go, the numbers are smaller, the children I see are usually laying wreaths in their schools name, and those who served are growing older, I'm not angry just sad, even my family seems just "to busy" to take a little time out at attend the memorial, even the Local RSL seems a little quieter this year
The bagpipes always make this erry sound that vibrates right through me, and as the speeches are read, I remember tales my grandfather and uncles would tell me as a child and how they lied about their ages, the willing sacrafices my mother and her family made to give a little the "their boys"
And then the "last post" sounded and silence fell, only mared by the passing traffic.
2 minutes silence
Then-
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age will 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
Amazing Grace
The national anthem
and it was over again for another year
I'm not going to get into a polictical debat about the rights and wrongs, or who did what, if your country in apart of this or if you choose to get invoved or not...
......it's about remembering .......
......not just the fallen.......
......but about those we have loved and lost
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This post has been edited 2 time(s), it was last edited by littlewolf on 11-11-2010 at 04:46.
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11-11-2010 04:37
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Madilayn
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Working for the government, we commemorate Rememberence Day each year (along with the two days that we remember fallen Firefighters and Ambos).
Today, at 11am, the Ode was broadcast over the PA system and a minute silence was observed.
An announcement was made at 10.55 that at 11am the Ode would be broadcast.
In the meeting I was in, mobile phones were turned off! At 11am, as soon as the Ode started, every person (about 60 people) stood and remained standing for the Ode, and minute silence.
None of those people were Uniformed personnel. All were public servants.
There have been photos put up on our intranet - they show, at 11am, people just stopped where they were.
We have three honour boards. Two are Fireys and Ambos who have fallen in the line of duty. The third are Fireys and Ambos who fell in war. A small ceremony today was conducted by our Director-General and the Commissioners who laid wreaths.
It won't be on the news. It won't make the papers. But the fact that it was done makes it special.
Remember all those who put their lives on hold to take a stance against what they felt was wrong. To those who make a carreer in the Military and serve - no matter what their personal opinion is.
We may debate for decades right and wrong, but never should we doubt the dedication of those men and women who put their lives on the line, so that we don't have to.
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"When I'm old, I don't want them to say of me, "She's so charming." I want them to say, "Be careful, I think she's armed." -G. Stoddart
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11-11-2010 05:15
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