"Lest we forget"

Lest we forget...

Let this day be a tribute to the fallen and not just in the field of Flanders.
This be the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year.
We remember you.

Amazing how many things we tend to forget, even this day has slipped the minds of most people. I would often hear stories about the days of Colonialism and this is one of those many things that stays in the curious mind.

Why poppies? I will never have a clue. I am no biologist but I hear these plants are of such resilience that they can grow in...Asia. Har Har. In all due seriousness, even the bloodiest of [modern day] battlefields, a lovely red flower sprouts on the ground where the numbers have fallen.

And I have to say... K-19 is truly a tragedy.