Armistice Day

Today is the nearest day to Armistice Day when on the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month a peace agreement was signed and WW1 stopped.

Thursday saw Armistice Day, the day WW1 was brought to an end after just over four years of bloody battle in Europe, not least the trenches of France and Belgium where tens of thousands lost their lives and many towns and villages were badly damaged physically.

Many people were damaged psychologically from that conflict too as they fought for freedom as Belgium and France were occupied in acts that had little to do with the initial cause of  that war and saw the horrors of poison gas and flying bombs emerge.

We remember because during the World Wars, tens of thousands of Scouts served in various ways – watching the coasts, delivering messages, administering first aid and sometimes, even fighting at the frontline.

They made a difference to the outcome so today and on Remembrance Sunday we will be paying our respects.

Armistice Day

Today is Armistice Day, the day when the agreement that ended WW1 was signed and this day is usually marked  here in the UK.

Well, like Remembrance Sunday that cannot go ahead as it normally would and Scouts do take part in it so this year we are asked to stand out at the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh day to remember those who lost their lives.

That's an example of what some local authorities have put out to remind people.

That poem sums up for me what this is all about.