Wednesday 11 November 2015

Remembrance Day

Grounds of Old Cathedral Ruins
Photo taken today just before 11 am.


November 14th will be the
75th Anniversary of the bombing of Coventry Cathedral.


This memorial stone commemorates the
unknown civilians killed in war. 
The original version of this stone
was carried on a 'Stonewalk' in 
America during July and August, 1999.
You can read more HERE.

Participating in ABC Wednesday
R is for Remembrance

17 comments:

Lowell said...

This is a very poignant post and a very pertinent post for Veteran's Day.

Halcyon said...

Very moving. Love the light, it's perfect!

Billy Blue Eyes said...

A worthy place for the memorial

Unknown said...

its always good to remember !

Have a nice abc-day / -week
♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫ (abc-w-team)

Mersad said...

A really nice memorial and post to remember.

Fun60 said...

A poignant and thought provoking post for today.

Roger Owen Green said...

We've had a few Remembrance Day essays. they're all different and interesting.

ROG, ABCW

Leslie: said...

I was in Coventry in 1997 and visited the ruins of the cathedral and toured the new one with my daughter. Lovely city but much more modern than a lot of the other places in England, due to its having to be rebuilt after the war.

Leslie
abcw team

Stephanie said...

Lovely post!

Tanya Breese said...

very moving

Sharon said...

That was a bit of history that I knew nothing about and once again I feel so ashamed of our US Congress.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

That was so interesting Lauren. It's nice to see that even though the bombing of the cathedral was dreadful, the memory is still so strong captured in the many incredibly beautiful images you and I'm sure many others take of it. I will look forward to your commemorate image of the cathedral on Sunday Lauren.

LOLfromPasa said...

Thanks all. You know I have walked by this memorial stone hundreds of times. It funny that walking by it once again on Remembrance Day caused me to pause and take a picture or two. Then I had to do a little research if I was going to use it in this blog...I was amazed to learn about the story that goes with this memorial stone.

LOLfromPasa said...

Grace - Thanks for your comment. I put the wrong date which I have corrected. Should be the 14th. The 15th is one of our family birthdays and it is on my mind too :). Cheers. Lauren

cieldequimper said...

Perfect post for the day. VDP had a bit more graves...

William Kendall said...

A very poignant post.

md pappu said...

A worthy place for the memorial







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