Remembrance Sunday: what is the value of remembering the past?

On Remembrance Sunday 2018 in the Tower of London around 10,000 candles were lit in the dry moat to remember those who fell in World War 1.

The event started with smoke drifting as in the battle fields of France.

A single flame was carried from the Tower. The flame was passed across the field, slowly the candles were lit to represent those who had fallen.

Eventually the whole Tower was circled with light. It was a moving display with the candle lighters creating shadows on the Tower walls like a tableau of soldiers in ‘no-mans land’ and haunting music was playing.

See the final result Tower of London Candles

Listening to soldiers from many different conflicts, the meaning of Remembrance Sunday is to remember the;

• companionship and love for their colleagues, some of whom did not come home
• past to be able to create a better future.

These acts of homage have taken place in many parts of the world. It is a key Life Lesson of ‘living peaceably’ we are re-enforcing to all and teaching to the young. These are very visual displays and re-enforce the numbers of people involved when things go wrong.

As we remember times of conflict when were did not succeed in finding a peaceable solution, we are recognising the cost of this in human lives.

There are better ways to live and in doing so we will create a better future

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