There are fewer and fewer surviving veterans of World War II. In a generation they will all be gone. I hope that the memory of their sacrifices will not go with them because it is concerning how many young people are unaware of the recent history that has shaped our country for the better. Polls of young people have shown alarming ignorance of Fascism, the Jewish holocaust and just how close Europe came to the brink of subjugation under the boot of Hitler. Even more disappointing is the ignorance of the sacrifices made by brave young soldiers, who fought for our freedom from oppression. Few would even appreciate the apt words by Churchill of RAF pilots who gave their lives for kith and kin in the Battle of Britain-
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"
The quickest way for a culture to die is to forget from where it came. We have enjoyed much prosperity and freedom because of the sacrifices of our forebears. We cannot take them for granted- we must not. May we not be the generation that will lose the memory of those, who by God’s common grace gave so that we could enjoy the privileges that we have today.
Remembrance- lest we forget.
Helkias Mapimhidze