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OT Remembrance Monday Bank Holiday petition
On 12/1/08 14:13, in article , "Eddy"
wrote: snip 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. I wonder if this suggestion has been made because strenuous efforts to make 11th November a public holiday *whatever* day of the weeks it falls on, have always failed. It seems to me that other countries and I note this most particularly in France, are very mindful of their war dead and mark important dates. I think I'm correct in saying that May 8th is a Bank Holiday in France and May 8th and 9th are Bank Holidays in Guernsey and Jersey respectively. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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