{"id":1152,"date":"2020-07-30T12:14:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T11:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertjaggsfowler.com\/?page_id=1152"},"modified":"2020-08-01T06:11:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T05:11:05","slug":"the-remembrance-day-parade","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.robertjaggsfowler.com\/?page_id=1152","title":{"rendered":"The Remembrance Day Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>The Remembrance Day Parade<\/strong>\nAs he walked up to the rostrum,\nsilence round him fell;\nand whilst he gazed upon the steadfast ranks,\nemotive lines began to tell.\n&nbsp;\nToo many lives were lost before today:\nyoung men and women \u2013 yesterday\u2019s youth.\nThey were the cheques we drew to pay\nfor the blinded search for fallacious truth.\n&nbsp;\nYou are the inspired; the fortunate few\nwho have lived through to this day:\nthe ones who now must tell the world\nto find a better way.\n&nbsp;\nIt is the charge of those who live\nbeyond vanquished dreams of many men,\nto find the strength to forgive;\nto learn and love as best you can.\n&nbsp;\nAnd in so doing, let us ensure\na sense of remembrance, not of rage;\nmay this quietude beyond the war\nturn pugnacious soldier into reflective sage.\n&nbsp;\nThus, he stood upon the rostrum as\nthe silence round him fell,\nand gazed upon the steadfast ranks\nof those returned from hell.\n&nbsp;\n<em>\u00a9 Copyright Robert M Jaggs-Fowler 2008<\/em><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Remembrance Day Parade As he walked up to the rostrum, silence round him fell; and whilst he gazed upon the steadfast ranks, emotive lines began to tell. &nbsp; Too many lives were lost before today: young men and women &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertjaggsfowler.com\/?page_id=1152\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":985,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1152","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robertjaggsfowler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robertjaggsfowler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robertjaggsfowler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertjaggsfowler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertjaggsfowler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1152"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertjaggsfowler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1163,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertjaggsfowler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1152\/revisions\/1163"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertjaggsfowler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robertjaggsfowler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}