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**grosqueneen** · 11-13-2009, 07:07 AM

What age are you....?

..........and you from Arnhem....... haven't you seen 'A Bridge Too Far'?

I can provide another example of woeful history awareness;

Last year at Darlington Seminar... which occured very close to 11th November... we called a halt to training at 10.58 and asked all to put weapons away and adopt seiza so that we could collectively observe the 2 minutes silence.

A 20-something women leaned to her partner and asked.......

"Why are we doing this........ has somebody died?"

I am 24 and no, I have not seen 'A bridge to far'. From the other posts I can see it is in remembrance of WWI, which I know little about. The Netherlands was also neutral during this war so I don't see what being in Arnhem has to do with it.

Arnhem WAS a place of great importance during WWII if I remember my history lessons correctly. But, as stated by others, we honor the dead of that war on may 4, and celebrate our freedom the next day.

Also, the lessons I got about WWII went into much more detail then those off WWI, which we practically skimmed. Either way, I meant no disrespect and I fully agree that it is something that should be remembered so that such tragedies will not be repeated.

11-13-2009, 07:07 AM	#14
grosqueneen Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 443 Senior Member	What age are you....? ..........and you from Arnhem....... haven't you seen 'A Bridge Too Far'? I can provide another example of woeful history awareness; Last year at Darlington Seminar... which occured very close to 11th November... we called a halt to training at 10.58 and asked all to put weapons away and adopt seiza so that we could collectively observe the 2 minutes silence. A 20-something women leaned to her partner and asked....... "Why are we doing this........ has somebody died?" I am 24 and no, I have not seen 'A bridge to far'. From the other posts I can see it is in remembrance of WWI, which I know little about. The Netherlands was also neutral during this war so I don't see what being in Arnhem has to do with it. Arnhem WAS a place of great importance during WWII if I remember my history lessons correctly. But, as stated by others, we honor the dead of that war on may 4, and celebrate our freedom the next day. Also, the lessons I got about WWII went into much more detail then those off WWI, which we practically skimmed. Either way, I meant no disrespect and I fully agree that it is something that should be remembered so that such tragedies will not be repeated.
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