I watched with immense pride the celebrations yesterday on the TV. I am proud that my country stood firm under great odds. The bravery of the British and Commonwealth Troops, alongside the American soldiers is something that hopefully that we and our children will never have to go through. It was very moving to see the old soldiers arriving in Normandy to pay their resepects for their fallen colleagues, some that were not even out of their teens when they met their fate. Their ultimate sacrifice will not be forgotten by many of us and it is our duty to pass on to the next generation the cost of freedom that our grandparents and their like had to bear.

Each Remembrance Day features the recitation of The Ode - the Ode comes from For the Fallen, a poem by the English poet and writer Laurence Binyon, which was first published in the London newspaper The Times on 21 September 1914.  This verse, which became the Ode of Remembrance, has been used in association with commemoration services across the Commonwealth since 1921

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

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