Comments on: Veterans Day & My Heroes

By: Bonnie Rose

Bonnie Rose — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 08:40:46 +0000

Lovely photos. We call it Remembrance Day in Australia - like most Commonwealth countries, I think, although the UK calls it Armistice Day, right? - and while it isn't a public holiday, 2 minutes of silence occur at 11am, and many services happen throughout the day. And there is always, of course, this verse of a poem that makes me cry without fail:

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

By: LivHa

LivHa — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 08:40:00 +0000

Lovely photos. We call it Remembrance Day in Australia – like most Commonwealth countries, I think, although the UK calls it Armistice Day, right? – and while it isn’t a public holiday, 2 minutes of silence occur at 11am, and many services happen throughout the day. And there is always, of course, this verse of a poem that makes me cry without fail:

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

By: Mandy Southgate

Mandy Southgate — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 08:34:18 +0000

Really moving post Bonnie. It has always interested me that they called it Veterans Day in the US but Rememberance Day here. I guess the British were lucky in that for a few short decades, war was a thing of the past.

By: Bonnie Rose

Bonnie Rose — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:11:52 +0000

Wow, very moving photographs. Do they celebrate it in the UK? I thought i heard that they did, but call it Armistice Day. But maybe it’s something different there…

By: Rachel Murphree

Rachel Murphree — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:11:00 +0000

Wow, very moving photographs. Do they celebrate it in the UK? I thought i heard that they did, but call it Armistice Day. But maybe it’s something different there…

By: Bonnie Rose

Bonnie Rose — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:09:06 +0000

This is a beautiful post! My brother is in the Marines and stationed in Japan and I have another brother who is joining the navy soon so I totally understand how important it is to be thankful for what these people do for you on a continual basis. Love these photos as well!

By: Kolbi Gray

Kolbi Gray — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:09:00 +0000