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Tuesday 11 November 2014

"Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red"...

...was a line taken from the will of Derbyshire man who fought at Flanders.

This line is now the name of the Remembrance art installation at the Tower of London - created to commemorate the Centenary of the start of WWI.

Multiply one beautiful ceramic poppy by...
...888,246 (the lives lost during that conflict)...
 ...and you have...
 ...a sea of red.
This has been an amazing display and has evoked a level of emotion from the Public that was not expected...
...the daily playing of "The Last Post" amongst this sea of poppies is so very moving.

So with the arrival of the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month let us remember all those who have given their lives to protect this Nation.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.....................

6 comments:

Virginia said...

A fitting tribute Toni

Julia Dunnit said...

Nice one TJ.
We will remember them.

Redanne said...

A wonderful tribute. We saw the display last week and it is incredibly moving... Anne x

Sandra said...

We will remember them ... Not just a day, but forever. You've written a beautiful post here x

voodoo vixen said...

Lovely tribute Toni, I would have loved to see them in situ but everyones photos are the next best thing!

Stef H said...

isn't that just gorgeous! and a wonderful tribute! we have VETERAN'S DAY here which is basically the same thing. we honor all the men and women who served our country and died for our freedoms.

have a wonderful week!

hugs :)