The title of this blog comes from a Gaelic expression -"putting on the poor mouth"-which means to exaggerate the direness of one's situation in order to gain time or favour from creditors.
A very nice way of remembering individual sacrifice. The closest we come to this on my side of the pond is Arlington West, a private undertaking in Santa Barbara, California for the Iraq War dead.
It's a temporary thing, set up in the grounds of Westminster Abbey every year. It is very moving to thing thaqt these memorials were placed by someone remembering someone lost in war.
Bomber Command
Munster Fusiliers and Connaught Rangers
Civilians together
Moving
ReplyDeleteYour photos are great. They are very moving
ReplyDeleteHave you ever visited this? It does look amazing as you go by.
ReplyDeleteI went there on Friday Alison. It is impressive and very moving
ReplyDeleteA very nice way of remembering individual sacrifice. The closest we come to this on my side of the pond is Arlington West, a private undertaking in Santa Barbara, California for the Iraq War dead.
ReplyDeleteIt's a temporary thing, set up in the grounds of Westminster Abbey every year. It is very moving to thing thaqt these memorials were placed by someone remembering someone lost in war.
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