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It's so easy to forget the international nature of the forum sometimes. Well done for remembering and posting such a helpful explanation.

 

Great post, wish we could use more than one emoji! A ‘like’ doesn’t seem enough

 

Well done @Judd Dredd lest we forget

 

Just finished watching the remembrance service on bbc1. Always the moment when the last post sounds... and releasing the poppy petals...

 

Right on, my brother. Poppy’s up front.

 

That's a nice tradition.
In France it'a bit different. The authorities make ceremonies in all cities and villages around "le monument aux morts", usually a statue with all the names of the fallen people. Every small village has one.

Talking about that yesterday with my English workmate, he funnily told me "you have a public holiday, we have only 2 minutes of silence"

 

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=359111578509141

 

You might find this article about the unknown warrior interesting.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...YO-outlines-Unknown-Warriors-body-chosen.html

 

Robert Burns, Tam o Shanter, says,

But pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed;
Or like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white--then melts for ever;
Or like the borealis race,
That flit ere you can point their place;
Or like the rainbow's lovely form
Evanishing amid the storm.--
Nae man can tether time or tide;