2 minutes of silent remembrance is held today 11.11.2015.
On 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, it is customary to take a short, respectful, commemorative moment to remember those who sacrificed the gift of life for freedom, all unknown and known warriors and heroes, during the Great War, the Second World War and all global wars and conflicts.
‘At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them…’
From ‘For The Fallen’ written in 1914 by Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)
This is the Pride of the Poppy; the symbol of ‘the few’
A simple, yet profound statement: “this is my thanks, I remember you.”
A picture paints a thousand words…a picture speaks volumes…picturing this field at the Tower of London in November 2014 was extremely moving…888,246 ceramic red poppies.
Two weeks later, there was a knock at the door, a postal delivery for me, and then a tear of joy and a tear of sadness at the realisation of the gravity of the moment, for One of these beautiful Poppies is now mine.
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Reading today about a blood red flower–
here’s some collective memory of a perilous hour,
gratitude rises within us, like a Tower.
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