Today is Remembrance Day in the U.K. I love this day. I love how everyone wears a poppy on their lapel for weeks before today. I love that proceeds for the sale of the poppies goes to veteran welfare causes and a substantial amount is raised each year. I love how everyone participates in the 2 minutes of silence, to be held at 11:11 AM wherever they are to remember the millions killed, injured and affected by the wars. I love how on Remembrance Sunday towns and villages all across the U.K. have a parade to honor all veterans. I love how there is such a strong and sincere expression of gratitude for all who have served in past and present conflicts. I love how there is a conscious effort to remember the wars, those who fought and died and those who survived but whose live where forever affected. And I love that the stories of the wars are told and passed on, year after year, to ensure that this nation will never forget.
Our village has a monthly newsletter, a booklet really, that lists all that is going on in Kennington for the month. This month, several pages were filled with short bios of former villagers that served served in either of the World Wars. I never knew these people but I was still deeply moved to read of their lives and of what they sacrificed.
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