Everyday on the way home from I pass this first world war memorial (you'll notice it was simply called the great war back when this was biult) and usually, because I'm stuck in traffic, its pretty clear to read. The words at its base seem quite symbolic to me. "Death is swallowed up in victory". We still benefit from the victory today, but for my generation its very difficult to understand enormous loss of life that happened to protect the freedoms we enjoy today. I was once told to "take a look around your circle of half dozen friends....and the take two away" and that's probably the closest one can come to understanding.
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