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Young Remembers Them

At Anderson Park in Young on the 11th hour of the 11th day during the 11th month, the people of the commemorated an important day in the Australian calendar, Remembrance Day.

Remembrance Day – is a time to not only remember those who have given their lives in service, but also to reflect on the historical events that led to this day of international significance.

Originally announced to mark the anniversary of the Armistice that ended fighting with Germany in World War I (WWI), Remembrance Day today gives us all the opportunity to acknowledge the service personnel who died while serving, whether in wars, conflicts or peacekeeping operations.

 

 

On the first anniversary of the Armistice (11 November was known as Armistice Day until after WWII), King George V asked all the people of the British Empire to observe two minutes’ silence at 11:00am.

It’s a tradition still honoured today during Remembrance Day services as we remember all who have served in the Australian Defence Force, in WWI and in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations since.

 

 

The red poppy is equally as significant to Remembrance Day. Known as the ‘Flower of Remembrance’, red poppies were among the first to flower in the battlefields of northern France and Belgium after the conflict ended. The vivid red bloom was adopted in England in 1919 as an emblem to honour the dead and help the living, and Australia followed in 1921.

Mayor Brain Ingram was in attendance and said it went off really well.

 

 

“It was well attended and I had comments made to me that it was probably the biggest attendance for some time. It was a great morning. They had the cadets there in replace of the guard.

“Major Mitchell did the speaking and I read the poem In Flanders Fields. It’s important for us to see the people of Young coming out to support a day like this. It’s just as important as the eleventh hour of the eleventh day when you reflect on all those brave people who gave their lives to ensure that the type of lifestyle we can lead now is very humbling to think of those people that went away not knowing what to expect and a lot of them never came home.

 

 

To me Remembrance Day reminds me of how very fortunate we are that when we make major decisions in our country, we get to vote on who we are going to have controlling our country. Those people sacrificed their lives to enable us to vote on living in a democratic society and there can be no bigger gift than that.”

We will remember them.

Jack Murray

 

 

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