Remember what the Poppy Stands for.

If you follow the YJA blog, you’ll probably know that once every fortnight I do a generally light-hearted blog about current events and what’s happening now, but it wouldn’t feel right to do so on such an important date. Yesterday was the centenary of the First World War and Armistice Day. It was a day to remember the soldiers who have been killed in conflicts since the start of the First World War. But what many people forget is that it was not a day of patriotism. We honour the fallen, we do not honour the war. We remember the futility of war. We remember all who have fallen, not just British but all casualties of the wars, as apart from they’re leaders, not much was different from the soldiers on both sides of the trenches. 

When you remember the fallen, remember this.

The poppy grew on both sides of the fields.

Damian Bemben
Columnist