...the poppy wreaths on local War Memorials glow against the grey of steady November rain, especially at twilight. At our local one in the High Street, there are wreaths commemorating a holder of the VC, with touching hand-written messages from children three generations on. Tomorrow, the last surviving Tommies from the trenches of the Great War will parade at the Cenotaph at 11 o'clock.
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There's only one surviving Tommy from WW1. He's 110.
Now I have to google "VC" and "Cenotaph." :) USA girl, here. . .
As I left the grocery yesterday am, 2 older vets were standing with a can, collecting $. Naturally, I gave, and they gave me a little fake poppy-on-a-wire.
Even as a little girl, I liked Veterans Day.
Is that 110 year old man attending a parade?!?!?!?!!!!!!
I know so little, really, of WWI, though I would like to learn more. My husband (and our children) are Jewish - so, as you might expect, WWII gets a good deal of our attention. (Let's just say that it would be hard to have much of a family reunion, on his side, of people not born post-War. . . :( . . . )
God Bless Our Vets!!!
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