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Remembrance 2016


 
Lest We Forget

I have been moved to write this following an article I read today concerning the actions of the vice-president of In-flight service, Renée Smith-Valade, at Air Canada, who issued a memo to staff requesting they not wear a poppy on their uniforms.    Needless to say this caused something of a backlash and a few hours later the memo was rescinded.   

Air Canada are not the first to meddle in the way we remember our war dead.    FIFA have taken it upon themselves (or rather Fatma Samoura took it upon herself) to declare the poppy to be a political symbol, when it is nothing of the sort.  This woman, whose elevation to the role of Secretary General of FIFA apparently didn't require a knowledge of football, has prohibited the wearing of the poppy on the England and Scotland kits that will be worn when the two sides go head to head on Friday 11th November.   Needless to say, this has caused a huge backlash in Britain, a petition was created to encourage the English and Scottish FA's to ignore the ban and wear them anyway.

However this type of reaction to the poppy and the Remembrance Sunday services that take place is not a new phenomenon.   Way, way, way back in the mists of time, I remember being part of the parade on Remembrance Sunday, I was the colour bearer for our Girl Guide troop and the Scouts and Cubs were prevented from marching, because their ridiculous (I think he was a teacher - so a fair bet he was a raving socialist) Scout master said it glorified war and refused point blank to participate.
So even in the early eighties these pillocks were around, they must be in their element now.   

I never, ever missed a Remembrance Sunday service and although I am no longer in the UK, I still go to the Bayeux cemetery to pay homage to the fallen every 11th of November, here in France it is a National holiday, my children come with me and they are proud to wear their poppies.    

I am not ashamed to say that the sound of the Last Post, the Ode of Remembrance and John Maxwell Edmonds' Epitaph moves me to tears.   

The poppy is a symbol of remembrance and sacrifice made by millions of men and women since the First World War who died for our freedom.    

Freedom is not free and those we remember paid the ultimate price.


http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/11/09/air-canada-recieves-immediate-backlash-trying-ban-poppy/ 

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