One of the two poems in the British commemoration of Armistice and subsequent remembrances was:
They won’t age, no, but we will … and the friend of many here, LegIron, has written this morning:
Yes. But by the same token, people are still commemorating the Fallen in various ways, for example:
… which is nice, almost quaint and may that sort of thing never dies out.
Just a word on why Remembrance Sunday for Britain and some other places, instead of on Wednesday, November 11th, which is Armistice Day:
Here’s a nice gesture which at least until recently was still being offered:
And so to the opening poem and the attached bugle call for the 11th of the 11th, at 11 a.m.:
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