LEST WE FORGET - A DUTCH VIEWPOINT PRE-REMEMBRANCE DAY

From Ruud Slangen, our historian friend  in The Netherlands who  sent this message today.

This morning at 11:11 hrs a small ceremony was held for the fallen airmen that lie buried in Harderwijk. Due to Covid-19 our group was limited to 2 persons only, undermentioned and a bugler. A piper was playing outside the premises. At 11:11 hrs a speech, the last post, two minutes silence, a poppy-wreath and the poem “For the Fallen” to show our respect to these brave men.

A special moment was when a poem named “Fairy Voices” was read written by one of the airmen’s sister, Elaine Capron, a poem she wrote after her brother F/O Roderick Capron died.

 Fairy Voices

Fairy Voices, why will you always be crying

Calling and crying to come out of the trees?

For under the quiet grass the brave are lying

And all the strong ones have gone over the seas.  Elaine Capron, 1902-1981

Lest We Forget   https://youtu.be/TUmBCPv-kfg    Met vriendelijke groet,