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OT Remembrance Monday Bank Holiday petition
Hi Bob,
This is off-topic but as other replies appear to have been allowed I would like to add my view. I see that the objectives at the petition-site are "to create a new public holiday, the National Remembrance Holiday, to commemorate The Fallen and our Nation, with the holiday falling on the second Monday in November each year, the day after Remembrance Sunday". I totally agree with the objective "to commemorate The Fallen and our Nation". However, I don't believe that we do that adequately at present and I don't believe that creating a holiday a day AFTER Remembrance Sunday would encourage us to do it any more decently. I used to be a teacher at a good number of schools (primary and secondary) and universities, until a few years ago and I was, and am still, appalled at how most young people have little knowledge of and regard for the extraordinary sacrifice that was made for the freedom from Nazi domination which we all enjoy today. (Let's not forget the Nazis dominated Europe and got as far as invading and occupying our Channel Islands and it is a miracle we managed to beat them back!) But, of course, it is not just young people who disregard the efforts of those who fought. Large numbers of middle-aged people, those of us in our 50s and 60s, who were born shortly after the war, also show scant regard for the heroes of both world wars. For proof, simply keep an eye on any cenotaph round the country on Remembrance Sunday! The crowds which gather are SHAMEFULLY small. I know young people who regard those folks standing round cenotaphs in silence on Remembrance Sunday mornings as a load of old nutters. So the challenge is "how to get the nation to actively observe the commemorations of Remembrance Sunday". If the nation can manage to get out of bed and genuinely do that for ten years on the trot, THEN I would say a new public holiday could then be linked to Remembrance Sunday. Whether we should have or deserve an extra day off work is a separate matter. To me it seems the UK seems to be binging itself silly without any need for an extra holiday. Eddy. |
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