Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Service marks lost WWI generation

Westminster Abbey has held a special Armistice Day service following the deaths this year of the three remaining World War I veterans living in the UK. In his sermon, Archbishop Rowan Williams said WWI fundamentally shook the roots of society. He said the service acknowledged how that generation - often known as the lost generation after entire villages of men were wiped out - refused to let idealism die.

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  1. I agree that WW1 brought about an end to a type of civilisation that had both good and bad in it. I know a lot of people your age who don't think about this sort of thing. I'll enjoy hearing more of what you think. Take a look at my fiction at http://www.thecleanwhitepage.com, thanks!

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