This Is Worth 2 1/2 Minutes Of Your Time

[Khandro]

No question ; https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-57374689

[Mamyalynne]

Never forgotten.

[burlyshirley]

Yes, should never be forgotten.

[Lie-in King]

Absolutely worth it - never forgotten.

[Bobbisox1]

Mores the pity schools don’t implement it Khandro, it does no harm to remember those who gave their lives for ours

[EdmundD]

Absolutely.

[youngmafbog]

Looks good to me.

I doubt many school children will be told about it though.

[Bobbisox1]

They should be YMB , it’s their history

[youngmafbog]

I know, but in these days of everyone being offended the UK history is just not acceptable to many.

[ToraToraTora]

bobbi: "Mores the pity schools don’t implement it Khandro, it does no harm to remember those who gave their lives for ours" - They're too busy teaching them that we are the bad guys.

[Mamyalynne]

If your child's school has stopped teaching modern history then it falls to us - the parents and grandparents to make sure they know.

[Bobbisox1]

If taking the knee is so popular now then it’s about time we adhered to our own history too

[Bobbisox1]

My grandson does know,he’s got both the poppy from Westminster and the ‘Tommy’ each have in them a book telling of the events of the Great War and WW2, we bought them for him

[margarettom]

I read about this yesterday and loved the sculpture. Congratulations to David Williams-Ellis who created it.
I think the National Memorial Arboretum should be visited by schools whenever possible to keep the memories alive.

[Mamyalynne]

So do mine, they love Military matters and all the tales of those who fought to save us, my eldest Grandson's poster boy when he was little was Harry Patch and he so longed to meet him.

Yet, time and again I read replies like the above that they don't know or aren't being told about it.

Is it just that it's easier to blame someone else?

[Bobbisox1]

It’s in Israel’s school curriculum to visit Auschwitz and in some countries such as Sweden and Norway too

[Bobbisox1]

Do you know they’re being told about it Mamya? ( in schools)

[Mamyalynne]

Without checking the curriculum at the moment I don't but that to me doesn't matter as much as it matters that we the guardians pass on this knowledge and inspire future generations.

[Mamyalynne]

Sorry Khandro - yes, it's a marvellous memorial.

[Ken4155]

Saw this on C4 news last night and couldn't help thinking that, sadly, there cannot be that many veterans left who would be able to visit.

[ToraToraTora]

mamy: "Is it just that it's easier to blame someone else?" - It's not a question of blaming someone else, history in schools has now been taken over by anti British TROB luvvies that spend their time brainwashing the kids that we are the bad guys.