@MozPerkins I'm sorry, I understand the importance of something like this. I really do. But why treat just one soldier like that, when they unearthed four of them?
On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme.
None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why.
The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag.
Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied.
A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier overnight.
On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside.
On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed:
"A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country".
On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage through Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside.
There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Vernon bound for Dover. The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard.
Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals.
A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London.
He remained there overnight, and, on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey.
The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War the union flag he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front, was the one that had been draped over the coffin.
It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son...
THIS is the reason we wear poppies.
We do not glorify war.
We remember - with humility - the great and the ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought - to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted.
Every year, on the 11th of November, we remember the Unknown Warrior.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.
@Minecraft What else are you gonna do about the Spooky Snapshots @_LadyAgnes? I thought you guys stopped doing it when Notch said he wasn't doing these types of updates anymore
🦇 We’ve got a treat for you! 🦇
Starting today, you can see a new & improved bat in Bedrock Beta/Preview & Java Snapshot. Just in time for spooky season!
@itsALLrisky Software. Microsoft's too big on their breaches, and honestly, I think I'm speaking for all fellow Alpha Players when I say this: Microsoft is killing Minecraft!
Please buy @Mojang@elonmusk !
Perez was asked by Ruiz, 22, to fire a gun from a 30cm away, as he held a hardback encyclopaedia to protect himself from the bullet, in June last year.
Perez had previously experimented and thought that the thick book would protect him. The clip was filmed by two cameras and the couple’s three-year-old daughter witnessed the shooting.
They had recorded a number of YouTube videos together, featuring them doing stunts and completing challenges. Before the shooting, Perez tweeted: “Me and Pedro are probably going to shoot one of the most dangerous videos ever. His idea, not mine.”
The bullet pierced the book, which was only 1.5 inches thick, killing Ruiz. Perez was pregnant with their second child at the time of the shooting.
In 2017, Youtube stuntman Pedro Ruiz aka "The Crazy Pedro" wanted to see if a hardcover encyclopedia could stop a bullet from a 50- Caliber Desert Eagle. He asked his pregnant girlfriend to shoot the book while he stood behind it. When she shot, the bullet went through the encyclopedia and claimed Pedro’s life.
@marklevinshow How did he do that? you know they just put a hold on the money they they were going to release for those hostage/prisoners before they received any of it right?
HUGE SCANDAL
Biden not only re-armed Iran and provided hundreds of millions that wound up in the hands of Palestinian terrorists, but he hired as his top envoy to Iran, who was a special pleader for Iran and is now under investigation for security issues that the Biden administration refuses to reveal to Congress or the public. And the usual Democrat-Party media don't give a damn.
nypost.com/2023/10/09/sus…
@realstewpeters I thought the whole point of Judiasm was that the Jews didn't believe that Jesus was the Prophet and only followed the Old Testament because the Prophet hadn't come yet.
It's the whole reason why they don't follow the Trinity, because they see it as three Gods, not the one God.
Ben Shapiro says Jesus “was just another Jew who tried to lead a revolt and was killed for His troubles”.
“I believe, like most Jews, that Jesus was NOT a prophet, performed NO miracles, and was NOT raised from the dead.”
This is what modern day zionists believe. It’s blasphemy. If you’re a Christian and have been tricked into supporting this nonsense, please REPENT.
@ElonMuskAOC I want to! Please I do anything! Even though I can't physically work my ass off, I can organize your stuff for you! I'm a good organizer when I'm on my meds!