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Old 15-11-2007, 00:23   #4
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Re: National Rememberance Holiday

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Originally Posted by cherokee View Post
Just come across this and personally i think its a great idea and it certainly got my vote .

What do you guys think?

Number 10 Downing Street has approved a petition requesting a new public holiday falling on the Monday after Remembrance Sunday in November each year, to be known as the National Remembrance Holiday. Its purpose is threefold:

1. To emphasise the remembrance of those servicemen and women who have given, and continue to give, their lives for Britain. 2. To remind people of the importance of protecting our Nation and what it stands for. 3. To break that 3 month period between the August Public Holiday and Christmas when there are currently no long weekends, especially as the UK has fewer public holidays than most European Countries.





create a new public holiday, the National Remembrance Holiday to commemorate The Fallen and our Nation, with the holiday falling on the second Monday in November each year, the day after Remembrance Sunday. (34482 signatures)
I guess most folk would like any new holiday. It's a pity that No 10 Downing Street dont take the rememberance day seriously. They may well arrive all suited and booted at the cenotaph with their poppy garlands in hand....Question is, how many WW1 and WW2 veterans will die this year through hypothermia ? Quite a few I imagine.

How many convicts in our jails will suffer the same fate ?

It's a fake or hollow homage in my opinion, in many instances the folk whom they say "shall never be forgotten" are already forgotten and many are still with us.
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