Book description
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of
the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.' These words, spoken
in front of war memorials across Britain on 11 November every year,
encapsulate how this country commemorates its war dead. Lest We Forget
looks at how we remember not only those who died in battle, but also
those whose memory is important to many people in other ways: Holocaust
Memorial Day, recognition of the evils of slavery, the Hillsborough
Disaster and the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain, as well as
the Cenotaph and the National Memorial Arboretum, amongst others. With
an endorsement from the Royal British Legion, which celebrates its 90th
anniversary in 2011, this is a timely study - the spontaneous and
entirely unorganised honouring of coffins brought back from Afghanistan
by the people of Wootton Bassett is testament to the fact that the
public has a deep concern for the memory of those who have died.
