Quote of the day 12th November 2018

"When we wear our poppies, sing our hymns and lay our wreaths, we are not sugarcoating history or minimising the horrors of war. On the contrary, we are recognising the enormous sacrifices that were made, the millions of lives lost and the countless more left in tatters. There is nothing triumphant or boastful in the way we mourn the dead and pay our veterans the respect they deserve."

(Ed Davey, in an article about the meaning of Remembrance Sunday and the poppy in the Independent which you can read here.)

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