November is a time that all veterans reflect on the past. A month that we stand in silence and pay our respects to the fallen soldiers. Does not matter if that soldier once was your enemy. He or she only fought in a war that was started by men that never saw the battlefield, the blood, the carnage, the fear, the tears and the heart ache.
When we stand with bowed heads on the 11th hour of the 11th month on Remembrance Day, we don't just pay respect to the fallen but we also celebrate life. We are still alive and that gives us the opportunity to give out fallen brothers and sisters a salute.
In South Africa, Remembrance Day Commemoration ceremonies are usually held on the nearest Sunday, at which the "Last Post" is played by a bugler followed by the observation of a two-minute silence. Ceremonies to mark the event in South Africa are held at the Cenotaph in Cape Town, and in Pretoria at the Voortrekker Monument cenotaph, the War Memorial at the Union Buildings and other cities and towns. Remembrance Day services is held to honor those who died in the two World Wars and the Border War.
Remembrance Day is a national opportunity to remember the service and sacrifice of all those that have defended our freedoms and protected our way of life.
We remember the Armed Forces, their families and the vital role played by those who have lost their lives as a result of war.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.”
― Laurence Binyon
The Last Post ( Courtesy: Music Files Limited)
