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I and Simon and our volunteers were very happy indeed to be able to be at the service in memory of our Few, and all those who stood and fell alongside them. We thank the Town Council for organizing this service, and Tracey and Chris who were running themselves ragged behind the scenes to see that all went smoothly.
The firm focus and centre of Remembrance, rightly, is about those who lost their lives in our service. But it is also firmly about those people who lived on, the comrades who fought alongside, the families who to this day mourn their losses, and our new generations who, if we don't teach them the meaning of Remembrance, will grow up unknowing, and unable to choose to pay their respects in their turn. It is an error to think Remembrance is about the dead; to the exclusion of the living - posts hee, incidentally, demonstrate that.
Our acts of Remembrance are part of responsibility towards our whole society; Dover holds a number of such acts and events during the year within the town, accessible to everyone; this is a praiseworthy and essential democratisation of Remembrance (which means, in other words, that holding events in enclosed places with only invited guests, to the exclusion of the general public, as happened recently not so very far from Dover, ain't!). Some people may not attend (as we ourselves, sadly, cannot attend an event next week), some may find they have other priorities on a particular day. This is equally part of the democractisation, and, ultimately it was for all such freedom that our Fallen lost their lives. Anyway, I'm sure that people aware of the significance of Remembrance, but who were unable to attend that day, will be or have been at other Remembrance events in Dover, and I'm quite certain very few miss Remembrance Sunday..
All credit to the Town Council for arranging this very special commemorative service; which, for our part, and I know for many others too, was very much appreciated.