Yesterday I spent a lot of time thinking about my ancestors who served in one or both world wars – especially my grandfather, who served in both. My thoughts were disturbed by the U.S. President’s disgraceful behaviour on the 100th anniversary of the Armistice in France. What a rotten character he is. I now wish we had joined this observance of Remembrance Day at National Heroes’ Park in Kingston. But thank you so much for capturing the moment so beautifully, Susan!
Things come to your notice in a variety of ways, some of them unexpected. I was reminded of the Remembrance Day ceremony at National Heroes Park by a Ministry of National Security tweet on Friday.
Today being the hundredth anniversary of Armistice Day and never having been before, I decided to go to the memorial ceremony. There was adequate parking at National Heroes Park, and as I walked inside the entrance, I was encouraged to make a donation to the Annual Poppy Appeal, which I did.
While I was waiting for the ceremony to begin, I saw a gentleman walking around with poppies and heard him telling someone at the end of the row I was sitting in that he was 85 and that people called him the Poppy Man. I intended to speak with him at the end of the ceremony to ask his name, but unfortunately I didn’t…
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Thank you so much for this post. As a child growing up on the island there was a lot I did not know about our service men that served in the war. I do remember purchasing poppies for fun and just playing with them. I also remembered walking through Hero’s Park and seeing the monument in your post but had no idea what it stood for. Thank you very much for the informative post. I will share this most of all with my son so he can know his history.
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Dear Chris: Thanks so much for your comment, and so good to hear from you again. Yes, I think many young Jamaicans are not aware of the service and the sacrifice for the “mother country”… So far away. There are other monuments in Jamaica, quite a few in fact. When I am on the road I will look out for them. One in Chapelton, Clarendon caught my eye recently. I took a couple of photos. I am SO glad you are going to share this with your son. Thank you and wishing you all the best!
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Yes, that’s true. Other monuments for our fallen soldiers in the Great Wars exist such as in the Cecil Charlton Park in Mandeville. It looks somewhat similar to the one in Heroes’ Park, probably intentionally so. Perhaps you may want to take a look at my post on that park for a picture of it. 🙂 https://adventuresfromelle.wordpress.com/2018/03/11/cecil-charlton-park/
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Oh yes – I will! It’s funny, sometimes people are so busy they don’t even notice them… I will read your post! Thank you Rochelle.
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Thank you for the post. I never knew Madeville was such a beautiful place. Great photos. I Hopefully will visit one day.
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Yes, Mandeville is a very nice town! I hope you will visit too Chris!
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I will be anxiously awaiting to see the photos. Please post whenever you have time.
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