This year, the Parish Council has decided to place a wreath at the War Memorial at St Peter's Church to mark the anniversary of the end of the Great War.
It appears that we hadn't done in recent years, and our Parish Clerk, Rosemary Cochrane, pointed out the omission. The three Parish Councillors were all keen to ensure that we do so, as a mark of respect to those who gave so freely to preserve our nation in its darkest days and those who do so today, in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Whilst there are those who wonder why we were in Iraq, and why we are still in Afghanistan, it is important to differentiate between those who serve, and those who send them. We are blessed with armed forces who serve their nation and their Government, as opposed to those countries where the armed forces run the country. It is for our leaders to decide where and why they serve, and for us to tell the Government whether or not those decisions are good ones.
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