What did you do on Armistice Centenary Day?

[Nanna52]

Congratulations beanie on the new twig for your tree.  You won't forget his birth date.

[mare]

Congratulations beannie, a very special day for you

We're more often than not enroute somewhere on November 11 but I was able to attend the local centenary service and recorded the live coverage of the city one at the Auckland War Memorial Museum to watch later. So poignant this year with over 18,000 crosses, one for each NZer lost in WW1, displayed in the grounds. I was able to wander among those a few days before the 11th, quite moving.
 We also have a cross for each of the names on our local cenotaph and a white dove for each of the 26 men is released one by one as their names are read from the Roll of Honour.

We had fine drizzle for the morning but the turnout was pretty good, I managed to knock my camera setting while juggling umbrella but realised quickly, though effect of this one I quite like ...




 

[genjen]

I had organised a residential harmony singing weekend so, just before eleven o'clock on Sunday, there were sixty-five people gathered together, having a final re-cap workshop with the group who had been teaching us. I had decided that rather than have a formal silence, we would sing an appropriate song as the hour approached and had planned that into the programme for the morning. I also made it clear that if anyone wanted to observe the silence their wishes would be respected and that they could leave the room for as long as they needed. Nobody left. Most of us had to stop singing at some point or other, as our emotions got the better of us. When we had finished the song we automatically fell silent, possibly not for two minutes but certainly for long enough to reflect on the significance of the day. It was a very moving moment.

[River Tyne Lass]

Congratulations on your new Grandson, beanie .. what a memorable occasion he chose to make his entrance on!
By the way one of my ancestors - Jacob Conroy- was also killed in action during the Battle at Loos on 25 September 1915.  He was only in his twenties.

mare I do like the effect on the photo which makes the image look quite stand out in the way that it seems like part photo and part painting.

 

[Lostris]

I took my Basset Hound & Newfoundland to our local Service at the war memorial .... it was well organised and very moving - the basset joined in when the Bugler played the 'Last Post' ..... everybody seemed to appeciate it, whilst me & the Newfy tried to hide !

[Maiden Stone]

I took my Basset Hound & Newfoundland to our local Service at the war memorial .... it was well organised and very moving - the basset joined in when the Bugler played the 'Last Post' ..... everybody seemed to appeciate it, whilst me & the Newfy tried to hide !

Your Hound was doubtless paying tribute to animal war casualties.

I took my dog to church once. She slept through hymns.

[Lostris]

Indubitably !

[Ruskie]

I took my Basset Hound & Newfoundland to our local Service at the war memorial .... it was well organised and very moving - the basset joined in when the Bugler played the 'Last Post' ..... everybody seemed to appeciate it, whilst me & the Newfy tried to hide !

Aw that is so cute. I would love to have seen that.

[River Tyne Lass]

Lostris, I think that is lovely that your dog joined in (on behalf of the 'fallen' of the animal war dead, no doubt ) and made a contribution.  Although, if I had been that bugler it would have taken a great feat to have suppressed my chuckles and carry on playing. .

Where I was standing in Newcastle there was a great throng.  I and several others were standing on chairs to see over heads.  I don't know if any filming was taken of our part of the crowd but if so a small meerkat (toy) would be seen over the tops of all the heads.  A small boy seemed determined that this toy should 'see' all that was going on and held this aloft and moved this around left and right in an excited fashion all during the event.
This did make me smile that this little boy seemed so intent on getting his meerkat involved.