Lest We Forget

[Squirrel]

(11-06-2018, 04:20 PM)7shoes Wrote: I'm a bit sad to say it but in France we do not really celebrate 11th November, surely our president will say 1 or 2 sentences but not that much.
They will probably have a minute of silence or other but I do not think people will really have a think for what happened during the 2 World War.

I was in England 4 days ago and I saw many things about 11th November and Lest We Forget, as Tag, Pins and of course the Red Flower (I know that English wear it each years to celebrate the 11th)

France was heavily damaged in both of these wars, perhaps for France it is too painful? Without help from many other countries, she would have fallen altogether, and really through no fault of her own.

France is also a very proud country -- they have had their own periods where people would say they were a dynasty. That is a hard thing to let go of.

(For example, look at the Turks! They are still talking about their Ottoman days, as if it were the only period in the earth's history that truly mattered! No offense to any Turks here. :| )