Tag Archives: Remembrance Day

The War Amps Kid

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Joanna M. Weston

We’re nearly up to Remembrance Day, a special day for veterans and their families, but also for the people who march in the parade perhaps for the first time … THE WAR AMPS KID the boy marches                                              to the beat … Continue reading →

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An Ordinary Man

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Joanna M. Weston

Remembrance Day is coming up, and I wonder about my father, who died in Normandy, June 1944: what kind of man he would have been if he had survived the war? Was he changed by his experiences of the desert, … Continue reading →

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Without War

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Joanna M. Weston

Next Tuesday is Remembrance Day. We remember those who died in war, those left behind, those scarred by war. And we long for a time when there is no more fighting … A A WITHOUT WAR                                         I long for a … Continue reading →

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