At this very moment seventy six years ago Allied soldiers, seamen and airmen were dying on the Normandy beaches so we could be free...FREE. God bless them all.
At the going down of the sun
And in the morning
We will remember them
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
LISTEN TO THE WORDS.
(Sorry for the typo in thread title
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At the going down of the sun
And in the morning
We will remember them
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
LISTEN TO THE WORDS.
(Sorry for the typo in thread title
)
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Heroes
Absolutely that. We should NEVER forget. The people who put their lives on the line for us. Immense bravery and courage that some of us will never or ever know
Heroes
Absolutely that. We should NEVER forget. The people who put their lives on the line for us. Immense bravery and courage that some of us will never or ever know
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Great post
Unlike some other recent patriotic threads I hope this is better supported.
We will and must remember them
Great post
Unlike some other recent patriotic threads I hope this is better supported.
We will and must remember them
Uppermost respect and thanks.
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I'm sure Ken you have visited the beaches at some point, it's quite an experience especially if you suffer from extreme empathy, if only they knew then we "could be free...FREE" ..........to do what we're told
I'm sure Ken you have visited the beaches at some point, it's quite an experience especially if you suffer from extreme empathy, if only they knew then we "could be free...FREE" ..........to do what we're told
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well said Ken
well said Ken
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Moving.
When we had a sense of social conscience, community spirit, and enough trust in our leadership to mobilise it.
Moving.When we had a sense of social conscience, community spirit, and enough trust in our leadership to mobilise it.
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We most certainly will remember them Ken
I was supposed to be going over to Normandy next week for three days which had to be cancelled so am very upset at not being over there in this 75th year since the end of the war, and today being the 76th anniversary of the D Day landings. I was also looking forward to seeing the new British Normandy memorial at Gold Beach but sadly that will have to wait until next year
We most certainly will remember them Ken
I was supposed to be going over to Normandy next week for three days which had to be cancelled so am very upset at not being over there in this 75th year since the end of the war, and today being the 76th anniversary of the D Day landings. I was also looking forward to seeing the new British Normandy memorial at Gold Beach but sadly that will have to wait until next year
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Sitting here watching the longest day AGAIN
Great film
Sitting here watching the longest day AGAIN
Great film
I was invited to fish a lake in Normandy in June 1994, the 50th Anniversary of D-Day. It turned out to be the most moving and significant outings of my life. I fished a bit but my heart wasn't in it. Instead I toured much of Normandy and visited several immaculately-kept war graves. Some were only a handful of white, polished headstones, perhaps a couple of dozen. Others were huge, a hundred yards long and the same wide.
There were English, American, French and German names on the stones. The graves were so beautifully tended they moved me to tears, floods of them.
I went to the coast, to Aromanches, to a ceremony remembering 1944 and the dead from the beaches. I couldn't stay though to the end. It (and I) was too emotional.
I went to Thiepval, the Anglo-French memorial to the war dead. Hundreds of headstones and crosses all beautifully tended. I broke down in floods of tears and literally ran back to my car.
Every time I hear or see right wing bigots spouting Europhobe nonsense I shiver inside. In this terrible political climate in which we find ourselves today, with a toxic racist in the White House and a bumbling wannabe in 10 Downing Street I see only division and hatred spreading throughout the world. It's a dangerous place we live in today.
To the haters I say only this...
Go to Thiepval and reflect on what you are saying and doing. Why spread hate when it is so much more rewarding and peaceful to spread love?
There were English, American, French and German names on the stones. The graves were so beautifully tended they moved me to tears, floods of them.
I went to the coast, to Aromanches, to a ceremony remembering 1944 and the dead from the beaches. I couldn't stay though to the end. It (and I) was too emotional.
I went to Thiepval, the Anglo-French memorial to the war dead. Hundreds of headstones and crosses all beautifully tended. I broke down in floods of tears and literally ran back to my car.
Every time I hear or see right wing bigots spouting Europhobe nonsense I shiver inside. In this terrible political climate in which we find ourselves today, with a toxic racist in the White House and a bumbling wannabe in 10 Downing Street I see only division and hatred spreading throughout the world. It's a dangerous place we live in today.
To the haters I say only this...
Go to Thiepval and reflect on what you are saying and doing. Why spread hate when it is so much more rewarding and peaceful to spread love?