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Partners in peacebuilding
My husband Peter's nephew is the mayor of a coastal town and asked Peter to be his chaplain 'I want you at the Remembrance Day service,' he said So we twisted white poppies together with a huge red poppy, and took a short sermon on our responsibility towards the UN Rain was forecast; we expected just a handful of people
But the sun blazed on 200 representatives of all the services, with the Sea Scouts and St John's Ambulance, a big young cadet force band and the Salvation Army band too, the full Town Council, eight big flags, and five or six hundred locals Everyone sang 'The Lord's my Shepherd', 'Eternal Father' and 'I Vow to Thee, my Country'; in two minutes total silence and stillness, we remembered the sacrifices made yesterday and today No glorification of war, just memories
Beth Allen & Trish Carn
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