It is not necessary to be a 'jingoistic blimp' to express concern or anger at the disgraceful neglect of those who, for whatever reason, have served our country and it is right and proper, once a year, to wear a poppy and recall the lines:
They grow not old, as we who are left grow old,but it is necessary to remember, every single day, that those who were, and are, left do grow old, often with injuries, scars and needs that we who enjoy the freedom they have guaranteed do not suffer and cannot really imagine. The Cenotaph and the Tomb of The Unknown Warrior are fitting memorials to the fallen but the living need and deserve a good deal more than The Abandoned Soldier.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn,
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,
We will remember them.
2 comments:
Hi, I have only just found your blogsite (sorry!) and I find it interesting.
I wonder if you have been to Etaples in France to see the ww1 graves? Geoff and I (My husband) drove through franc to go to spain and we found it by accident actually.
Well, we could not resist going in. It was an experience I will never forget. The silence hit you. If you get my meaning.
We were going to have a quick look, as we had to get the channel tunnel back, but we were there for 3 hours! We could not leave.
The graves were kept in fantastic condition, and we left our names in the rememberance book. With a message.
I would willingly go back there and visit the many other graves as well.. It's an experience you will never forget, and I tell everybody about it.
Will keep reading your blog,
all the best.
Here here!
My parents both served in the forces and now, in their twilight years they can't even get the local council to adapt their bathroom so my father can bathe himself.
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