None of us remember WWI. In fact, most of those who served in WWII are gone. I am of the Viet Nam & Cold War generation. Only one of my four is old enough to remember a divided Germany and the Berlin Wall.
Like many other remembrances, the US seems to have turned Armistice Day into an excuse for retail sales. The name change to Veterans Day actually happened in 1954. I had thought it was much more recent. It is one of the few US federal holidays with a fixed day (not floating) although there is a tendency to grant a floating day off. In the Commonwealth – it is Remembrance Day.
I had the privilege of spending the day with Val & Ian, two lovely cruisers I first met in 2013 on the Radiance of the Seas Circumnavigation. We connected again on at least one Transatlantic cruise and have stayed in touch by email. They picked me up this morning and we drove south to the Royal National Park,
then to the Sea Cliff Bridge which we walked part way after stopping at this monument (not all aviation originated with the Wright Brothers….)
and along to shore to more lookouts…
It was a lovely day and I am hoping to be able to host them in the future.
My balcony faces the Sydney Opera House. I was able to watch the concert, see the building lit with Poppies in remembrance
and watch the fireworks.
What a lovely day.
One I’m sure you’ll long remember.
I didn’t mention it to you, but I fell in love with this phrase of yours, “My balcony faces the Sydney Opera House. I was able to watch the concert, see the building lit with Poppies in remembrance and watch the fireworks.” and spent roughly an hour playing with generative AI to make images to match the email. None of them even faintly touch the originals!
Especially when you think of the losses and horrors suffered by ANZAC forces by British generals who cared not a whit about them