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Saturday 8 November 2014

The supreme sacrifice


The 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' project by artist Paul Cummins


On 11 November, Armistice Day, the last of 888,246 ceramic poppies will be planted, filling the moat of the Tower of London with a sea of blood, each poppy representing the supreme sacrifice of a British or colonial soldier during the WWI conflict which began 100 years ago.

Remember also the living dead. The maimed, battle-scarred, blinded, limbless, shell-shocked survivors. The widows, the fiancees and girl friends who never married after losing the one they loved.

We will remember them!


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  1. Episkopos8 November 2014 at 22:05

    A wonderful idea, brilliantly displayed and a worthy tribute.
    Proud to be British.

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