Forgetting Remembrance?

Reflections on Armistice Day, tradition, and belonging

Today is Armistice Day, along with Remembrance Sunday, the day we pay our respects to the fallen and their sacrifice. In recent years its usual bed-fellow has been “Poppy Discourse”, the debate about how and whether the occasion should be marked. As Jonn Elledge has noted in a thoughtful article, both have seemed a little subdued this year. This quiet i…