Day 20 – Remembrance Month Three Scottish Soldiers
Day 20 – Remembrance Month Three Scottish Soldiers The 1971 Scottish soldiers' killings took place in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. On 10 March 1971, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) shot dead three off-duty British soldiers of the 1st Battalion, Royal Highland Fusiliers. The soldiers were from Scotland and two were teenage brothers. They were lured from a pub in Belfast where they had been drinking, driven to a remote location and shot by the roadside. The deaths led to public mourning and protests against the IRA. Pressure to act spurred a political crisis for the Northern Ireland Government, which led to the resignation of James Chichester-Clark as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. The British Army raised
Day 19 – Remembrance Month ‘Fallen Comrade’ Dr. Samuel Gore
Day 19 - Remembrance Month 'Fallen Comrade' Dr. Samuel Gore A while back I was on a trip down in the Southern United States. Along the way I had a bit of trouble with my trailer. One of the people I met, when he stopped to help me, was Sam Gore - he is a world renowned artist, known for his sculptures. I had pulled in to the Clinton Visitor Centre to wait for help. He was there looking over the grounds for his new sculpture - it was being delivered the following day...had to stop back the next day
Day 17 – Remembrance Month Juno Beach, D-Day
Day 17 – Remembrance Month Juno Beach, D-Day Canada played a very important role in World War 2. Juno Beach is one encounter where their contribution was immense and very costly in numbers of casualties. My TikTok link – click - https://www.tiktok.com/@maxinewatt433/video/7302572117151714565?lang=en A link to full video – click – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5k4z_e9sk0 JUNO BEACH – Juno Beach was one of the five beaches targeted for the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944, during World War II. It was the code name for the 10-kilometer stretch of coastline on the Bay of the Seine, at the eastern end of the landing the
Day 16 – Remembrance Month UK Post Box Toppers
Day 16 – Remembrance Month UK Post Box Toppers Came across a page on Facebook that impressed the heck out of me. So very many talented, patriotic people…just beautiful – Facebook link - click- https://www.facebook.com/groups/876920579707070/media My TikTok link- click - https://www.tiktok.com/@maxinewatt433/video/7302480793450876165?lang=en
Day 15 – Remembrance Month 1st Shankill Somme Association
Day 15 – Remembrance Month 1st Shankill Somme Association My TikTok – click here – https://www.tiktok.com/@maxinewatt433/video/7302154814861872390?lang=en From the Shankill to the Somme song – link click - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-MYSWJKgJ4 The Battle of the Somme - The 36th (Ulster) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, part of Lord Kitchener's New Army, formed in September 1914. Originally called the Ulster Division, it was made up of mainly members of the Ulster Volunteer Force, who formed thirteen additional battalions for three existing regiments: the Royal Irish Fusiliers, the Royal Irish Rifles and the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. The division served from October 1915 on Western Front as a formation of the British Army during the Great War. The division's
Day 14 – Remembrance Month Canada’s Most Patriotic Town
Day 14 – Remembrance Month Canada’s Most Patriotic Town My TikTok link – click here – https://www.tiktok.com/@maxinewatt433/video/7301768744563477766?lang=en Arthur, population 2,450, is a community located just north of Highway 6 and Wellington Road 109 in the township of Wellington North, Ontario, Canada The village was named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Settlers began arriving in 1840. The area was first surveyed in 1841 by John McDonald and then officially in 1846 by D.B. Papineau. During the first survey in 1841, the population of Arthur was 22 people. Over the next 15 years this number rose to 400 and by 1900 the population had risen to just over 1500. The
Day 13 – Remembrance Month Enniskillen bombing click here
Day 13 – Remembrance Month Enniskillen bombing click here My tiktok link - https://www.tiktok.com/@maxinewatt433/video/7300940194285391110 (click) The Remembrance Day bombing (also known as the Enniskillen bombing or Poppy Day massacre) took place on 8 November 1987 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. An IRA bomb exploded near the town's war memorial (cenotaph) during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony, which was being held to commemorate British military war dead. Eleven people (10 civilians and a police officer) were killed, many of them elderly, and 63 were injured. The bombing led to an outcry among politicians in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said: "It's really desecrating the dead and a blot on mankind". The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Tom King,
Day 11 – Remembrance Month A Pittance of Time click here
Day 11 – Remembrance Month A Pittance of Time Can not watch this wee video without crying…so important to remember!! click on this link for video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQG6tv9s8ng My tiktok link - https://www.tiktok.com/@maxinewatt433/video/7300178059360079109
Day 7 – Remembrance Month click here
Day 7 – Remembrance Month click here Poppy craft idea’s Poppy fingerprints – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvrC2Z6595Q Poppy bouquet – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLn3zP4Ord8 How to draw a Poppy – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkSBztJ_bMQ&list=PLnoO3k54vcBRG7_ltoTn-Ah9TSqzPrbGP How to make a Poppy Wreath - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKjpRQrZG6Y Poppy from bottom of a coke bottle – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLPiavqj7mQ My TikTok link - https://www.tiktok.com/@maxinewatt433