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cassandra and sara's daddy

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nice job by some brits
« on: October 16, 2011, 11:12:15 AM »
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Re: nice job by some brits
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2011, 11:34:36 AM »
I remember reading about this town a couple of years ago and how they honored their Heroes.
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Re: nice job by some brits
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2011, 03:50:48 PM »
Isn't this the same town that changed the route that the hearses took so that they would use the back roads and not have the center of town tied up with folks lining the curbs to honor the dead?

I think it was nice of HRH EII to notice that they were patriotic, but given the political leaders' behavior at the end I seriously wonder at the appropriateness of the award.

I know it's unfair to the folks who lived there to hold back the recognition because of the stupidity of their elected leaders, but insults like that are to me unforgivable.

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Re: nice job by some brits
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2011, 03:57:39 PM »
If I recall correctly (and I may not be), it was the British Government that changed the route, in an attempt to draw less attention to the number of war dead coming back.
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Re: nice job by some brits
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2011, 05:18:33 PM »
MillCreek is correct...they changed the route and the town was upset.  But, I believe one of our British members has more information about the change.

ETA:  Here it is.
http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=30242.msg595016#msg595016
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Re: nice job by some brits
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2011, 09:08:56 PM »
Ah!

Apologies to the town fathers.

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