12 November 2014. 96 Years Since the “Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month”… Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth and France Unveils Memorial to the War Dead in Flanders

A man places a memorial poppy on the wall at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra ACT AUSTRALIA

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An honour guard at the Cenotaph near the Old City Hall in Toronto ON CANADA

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“Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” at the Tower of London London ENGLAND UK

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French troops at the dedication of the L’Anneau de la Mémoire/Memorial international Notre-Dame-de-Lorette (Ring of Remembrance) memorial wall with over 500,000 names of those of all nations who fell in Northern France, at the Nécropole nationale de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette in Ablain St-Nazaire FRANCE (the world’s largest French military cemetery). This event was also in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I (“The Great War”). 

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Idea for the One-Minute Silence at Remembrance Day Came from a Melbourne Man

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MOST Australians will be familiar with the one-minute silence observed on Remembrance Day. However, where did it start and whose idea was it?

An article on the Australian War Memorial website attributed the idea to a First World War veteran and Melbourne journalist Edward George Honey,who was living in London in 1919 and wished for a five-minute silence to recognise those killed during the war. At the same time, a South African made second suggestion, who noted a moment’s silence was held in South Africa when there were heavy losses on the Western Front. The idea took King George V’s fancy, although he he shortened it to two minutes. He sent a special message to the Commonwealth to stop what they were doing and be silent at “the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month”. It’s something that’s still observed today as a one-minute silence.

11 November 2014

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http://www.news.com.au/national/idea-for-the-oneminute-silence-at-remembrance-day-came-from-a-melbourne-man/story-fncynjr2-1227119194180

10 November 2013. A Multimedia Presentation… Today was Remembrance Sunday in the Commenwealth

 

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There’s nothing to say. Nothing can suffice to commemorate sacrifice and courage. NOTHING.

Remember that when you the ususal cast of suspects blather about their “patriotism”. Ask them, “What branch of the forces did you serve in”. Do note the deafening silence… Richard Cheney said, “I had better things to do”…

Clear your mind… remember what’s straight and true… it was good last week… it’s good now… it’ll always be good. I stand in respect… what about you?

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13 November 2011. Lest We Forget… Today is Remembrance Sunday… Remember Them… “They All Had Faces, They All Had Names”

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In the Commonwealth, today is Remembrance Sunday. Originally, it was a day of solemn memorial of those fallen in the “Great War” (World War I). It has never degenerated as badly as the American Memorial Day, it’s closer in spirit to the Russian Victory Day. To commercialise such a day of memory is obscene in the extreme… that’s why I support Senator Daniel Inouye‘s (D-HI) initiative to return Memorial Day to its original date of 28 May. Note well that the loud n’ proud leader in this patriotic initiative is a LIBERAL DEMOCRAT, NOT a “conservative” Republican! Today is a day to honour all the heroes from all the wars. If there’s a vet who had to fight in the cockamamie Afghan War or the Iraq War, buy them a beer and smile with them. They’re NOT responsible for the madness of the rightwing politicians. They put their lives on the line, and that’s ALWAYS worthy of respect.

In the lines of the famous poem from Olga Berggolts… “They all faces, they all had names… No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten”. “Lest we forget…”

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