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Originally Posted by Paul
To be honest it saddens me every year when it becomes apparent just how many people are ignorant of the relevance of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month and the following sunday  We seem to forget too easily the efforts and sacrifices of those that gave so much for people they never even knew. |
But you must remember that this is the freedom that so many did go to fight for.The freedom to choose to observe or not the two minute silence.
I didn't do it on Thursday but I did it today at the cenotaph service in my village.There were those that didn't but that is their right in a country that does hopefully revere freedom and democracy.
