Quote Originally Posted by seanachie View Post
Jock: Flags are flown at 1/2 mast until noon and then raised to full mast right at noon. Memorial Day ceremonies often include this as part of the service and it is very moving. I am not drawing comparisons, but I love the tradition from Remembrance Day ceremonies of the pipes playing Flowers of the Forest, it just really moves me.
As you know traditions are very close to my heart and I like to try to understand how other countries observe theirs, particularly how a country remembers their Fallen and those that have served and those who are still serving their country.

I am old enough to just remember WW2 and all those young men and women from all over the world who gave so much in a common cause.

We do not forget.