Compare and contrast

[essayel]

This post is brought to you by the person who spent the two minutes silence asking me what it was all about.

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[ceitfianna]

Thank you for these images and the reminder.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

Grandpa was in the 14-18 lot, Dad was in the 39-45 re-run and I hope to God my son never has to go.

[ceitfianna]

*nods* Both my grandfathers fought, my mother's father in both wars and my father's in just the 39-45.

I hate that there's still so much fighting going on.

[yakalskovich]

The monument is in a different place, too, isn't it? Less in the middle of all traffic, more quietly in front of the church?

[essayel.livejournal.com]

It's the angle. The houses in the top picture have been demolished and a road put through there. The spire is on the Presbyterian Church, the second picture shows the Baptist Church that doesn't quite make it into shot in the first one.

[cweb.livejournal.com]

I missed the two minutes silence, as I´m in Mexico, and some guy was trying to sell me something.
Thanks for these reminders of what we hope will never happen again.

[innerslytherin]

One of my coworkers asked me what the red poppies were for. And she's over fifty.

..there are no words.