Lest We Forget
As part of the many events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War, a number of Silent Silhouettes were installed in different parts of the country.
I first saw these ghostly figures in London at St Pancras station one day as I was in transit from work to home.
Silent Silhouettes
I saw a few more as I was walking The Pilgrim’s Way in August.
Puttenham –
Silent Silhouette – Puttenham
Chaldon
Silent Silhouette – Chaldon
Limpsfield
Silent Silhouettes – Limpsfield
A poignant and fitting reminder of the huge sacrifice that was made by ordinary people; people who believed in freedom and King and country….and who can forget the extraordinary Poppy installation at the Tower of London in 2014, as people from around the country came together to plant over 803,000 ceramic poppies in a breath-taking vista; Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red
Planting the final Poppy at the Tower of London 11.11.2014
Currently on at the Tower of London is the amazing ‘Deepening Shadows’ ritual; an evolving installation with the Tower moat gradually illuminated by individual flames. A powerful symbol of remembrance.
I’m planning on attending the Remembrance Sunday service on Whitehall at the Cenotaph this Sunday 11.11.2018 as we mark 100 years since Armistice Day in 1918…a day that officially, albeit not actually, brought The Great War to an end…the war to end all wars…..
except it didn’t and hasn’t.
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