Remembrance Day, Veterans Day & War Memorials
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A Star of David marking the grave of a Jewish soldier, First Lieutenant Joseph J. Pugach, who died shortly after D-Day. The Normandy American Cemetery, Omaha Beach, Colleville-Sur-Mer.
I was surprised to find many Stars of David interspersed among the crosses that I had seen in most photographs.
Some information about Lieutenant Pugach can be found here:
www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/det...
Posted on Yom Kippur.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
from the famous poem by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae
11 November is Remembrance Day in the UK when we remember those members of our armed forces who have died in the line of duty. We have services and two minutes silence on the Sunday nearest to the 11 November as well.
The red remembrance poppy has become a familiar emblem of Remembrance Day due to the poem "In Flanders Fields". These poppies bloomed across some of the worst battlefields of Flanders in World War I, their brilliant red colour an appropriate symbol for the blood spilled in the war. (Wikipedia)
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The remembrance poppy is an artificial flower that has been used since 1921 to commemorate military personnel who have died in war, and represents a common or field poppy, Papaver rhoeas. Inspired by the World War I poem "In Flanders Fields", and promoted by Moina Michael, they were first adopted by the American Legion to commemorate American soldiers killed in that war. They were then adopted by military veterans' groups in parts of the British Empire.
Today, they are mostly used in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, to commemorate their servicemen and women killed in all conflicts. There, small artificial poppies are often worn on clothing leading up to Remembrance Day/Armistice Day. Poppy wreaths are often laid at war memorials. In Australia and New Zealand, they are also worn on Anzac Day.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them
War Memorial statue in llanberis.
This is a square pillar tapering towards the top surmounted by a cross.
Unveiled 7th October 1921.
Llanberis is a village, community and electoral ward in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern bank of the lake Llyn Padarn and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales.
It seems that nobody remembered this British soldier killed in the First World War who was buried in the cemetery in my old town.
The best anti-war music video ever - One
A poppy to remind us that today is Remembrance day, during these trying times we honour those who fought for our democracy, human rights and equality for all.
I would like to believe that we can live up to the fact that the sacrifice of those who died for us was not in vain.
So get vaccinated people !!!
This was taken at a wartime re-enactment at a local old steam railway. The heavens opened and people ran for cover. I ended up in the platform waiting room, this chap dressed in a Home Guard uniform was stood in the doorway just gazing out into the rain.
Have a thoughtful Remembrance Day....
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Memorial Day Remembrance while walking Saturday I saw this small garden tribute,
I thought this might br appropriate for Memorial Day, found in the Carolina's.
~ If I had a single flower for every time I think about you,
I could walk forever in my garden. ~
Ghandi
Happy Birthday, Mom :)
~ 1998 ~
~ I'm there...xxoo, me.
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A macro closeup of a beautiful Remembrance Poppy that is actually a badge (or pin) to be worn on Remembrance Sunday in memory of those fallen.
Smile on Saturday
Remembrance Day
Matilija Poppies are a real showstopper in late spring. With half a dozen beds planted at UCR Botanical Gardens, the tree poppies grow six to ten feet tall with large white blooms and dark green foliage. Majestic and beautiful, I look forward to these California gems return each spring.
Needed to do something today. I got up to late to plan something for the day, so I just played around in the house. xD
Sunday I'm leaving for a few days in the mountains camping. Can't wait. Maybe I'll shoot some bears. xD
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A great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again.
~Maya Angelou
Remembering the life of an extraordinary person that brought so many people together, in a magical place... people that will continue to come together.... what better way to be remembered.... what better way to live on.. in the hearts of others. ♥
Today would have been my wife's birthday. Instead of celebrating, all I can do is remember her.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=amwQytRNvEw
My name it means nothing, my fortune is less
My future is shrouded in dark wilderness
Sunshine is far away, clouds linger on
Everything I possessed, now, they are gone
They are gone, they are gone...
Oh, where can I go to and what can I do?
Nothing can please me, only thoughts are of you
You just left when I begged you to stay
I've not stopped crying since you went away
You went away, you went away...
The world is a lonely place, you're on your own
Guess I will go home, sit down and moan
Crying and thinking is all that I do
Memories I have remind me of you
Of you, of you...
[Song: "Solitude" by Black Sabbath, 1971, from the album "Master of Reality]
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Remembrance Day (sometimes known informally as Poppy Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth of Nations member states since the end of the First World War to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty. Following a tradition inaugurated by King George V in 1919, the day is also marked by war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries. Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November in most countries to recall the end of hostilities of World War I on that date in 1918. Hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month", in accordance with the armistice signed by representatives of Germany and the Entente between 5:12 and 5:20 that morning. ("At the 11th hour" refers to the passing of the 11th hour, or 11:00 am.)
For my tribute I used a photo of a section of the Battle of Britain Monument on the Victoria Embankment, London and overlaid the poppies which have become a symbol of remembrance. This year is also the centenary of Armistice Day.
So this is straight out of the camera, and far from my best camera. I was very pleased with the results. No textures used here.
With this awful weather we are currently enduring, I was going back over some shots I took at Healey Dell and on the end of that file I found this shot, which I took on my way back home. I hadn't processed it so I thought it was worth a post as I haven't been out this last week with the camera.
This was a Remembrance display on the cobbled bridge over the River Irwell at Ringley, near Bolton. I had seen it on the TV News around that time and as I was passing I took a quick shot. I used to live not far away when I was a young lad and it was strange returning after all these years!
This remembrance plaque is from the 1914 -1918 war dedicated to the men of Borrowdale in the Lake District National Park. It is situated on the top of Castle Crag with beautiful views of Borrowdale. The water in the background is Derwent Water
The plaque can be read in large
We should remember all men and women who gave their live no mater which conflict and pray that we humans learn that war is a fruitless exercise of last resource "We will remember them"