tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post1116870240052229354..comments2024-03-28T10:05:36.756+00:00Comments on Crafty Green Poet: War Graves Week Crafty Green Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-87449508704539199552021-06-17T03:39:52.914+01:002021-06-17T03:39:52.914+01:00A little late to the party, but like Jeff said, it...A little late to the party, but like Jeff said, it has some echoes of the US Memorial Day (last Monday of May) observance. One of the local organizations here puts up crosses through town, with the names of war veterans who have passed on and the war(s) they participated in (some career soldiers were in WW2 and Korea, or Korea and Vietnam, depending on their age). I need to go find my father in law’s cross—he didn’t actually see any action, but he was on a ship in Seattle, ready to head into the Pacific Theater, when Japan surrendered. Talk about (literally) dodging a bullet!Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-18539856056607696812021-06-01T11:21:24.688+01:002021-06-01T11:21:24.688+01:00Hi Jeff, we remember our war dead on Remembrance S...Hi Jeff, we remember our war dead on Remembrance Sunday the second Sunday in NovemberCrafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-42331509178897713452021-05-29T20:28:45.570+01:002021-05-29T20:28:45.570+01:00Those guided tours of the cemetery is a neat idea....Those guided tours of the cemetery is a neat idea. Do Brits celebrate the war dead the same time as we celebrate Memorial Day? Jeff https://www.blogger.com/profile/06423765367745022144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-34624700915982172252021-05-28T23:56:58.176+01:002021-05-28T23:56:58.176+01:00Many thanks for this post ...
All the best Jan Many thanks for this post ...<br /><br />All the best Jan Lowcarb team memberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-82190841061467528932021-05-27T18:27:25.090+01:002021-05-27T18:27:25.090+01:00The guided tour is a lovely idea - I may well do t...The guided tour is a lovely idea - I may well do this over the week end.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com