Remembrance Day
Nov. 11th, 2009 01:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sparkindarknessEvery year I try to think of something to say to mark this hugely important day. And every year I settle for the same message that is so important to hold dear. Because, to me, this day has always truly spoke of war. Not glory, not honour, not victory and success, though we have all of them - but of pain and loss and deep, abiding grief. This is Remembrance day because we cannot forget that
Some call this day Veterans day. I think I am glad that we don't over here.
We remember the veterans sacrifice. We honour them for what they did and we thnk them from the bottom of their hearts for what they did.
But even this vital part is secondary to the true point of the day. It was a point that hit me hardest not when I listened to the quiet, sad words of elderly relatives, nor the solemn hours in history lessons or watching the depressing scenes on television.
No, the point hit me when I went to Normandy and saw the fields of graves and to know that that vast sea of death was only a tiny fraction of the overall tally.
Today is remembrance day. Today is the day we remember what the world would rather forget. Today is the day we remember, because it must NEVER happen again.
Some call this day Veterans day. I think I am glad that we don't over here.
We remember the veterans sacrifice. We honour them for what they did and we thnk them from the bottom of their hearts for what they did.
But even this vital part is secondary to the true point of the day. It was a point that hit me hardest not when I listened to the quiet, sad words of elderly relatives, nor the solemn hours in history lessons or watching the depressing scenes on television.
No, the point hit me when I went to Normandy and saw the fields of graves and to know that that vast sea of death was only a tiny fraction of the overall tally.
Today is remembrance day. Today is the day we remember what the world would rather forget. Today is the day we remember, because it must NEVER happen again.