tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post8931185346622066248..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: REMEMBRANCE by THERESA BRESLINMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-77913044094241568222011-10-19T14:57:45.261+01:002011-10-19T14:57:45.261+01:00Two or three years ago I well remember my daughter...Two or three years ago I well remember my daughter coming back from school and telling me the whole story of REMEMBRANCE, a book they had been reading in class, and telling me that I HAD to read it. It was one of those moments that reminds you of the power of historical fiction to capture young people's imagination. And many congratulations, too, on the Young Quills award!Linda B-Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01599899073420595717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-46121048394556399322011-10-19T10:43:39.768+01:002011-10-19T10:43:39.768+01:00Thank you for a wonderful post, Theresa.. And many...Thank you for a wonderful post, Theresa.. And many congrats on your prize too. I loved Remebrance when I read it and feel a bit embarrassed that I've lived in Cambridge a whole year, come Saturday and not yet visited the American Cemetery. Will do that soon.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-26578215860559103352011-10-19T09:40:00.196+01:002011-10-19T09:40:00.196+01:00A beautiful post, Theresa. Thank you for reminding...A beautiful post, Theresa. Thank you for reminding us.<br /><br />But I do wish our War Graves Commission didn't limit itself only to the two World Wars.I was unfortunate enough to be in the Crimea during Sebastopol's day of military remembrance, and was shocked and heartbroken by the neglected state of the British soldiers' graves. The Ukranian and Russian governments had remembered the Russian dead, the French remembered theirs, and the Turks remembered theirs - but the British graves were broken and unkempt, and there wasn't a single flower till I laid some myself.I'm trying to do something about it, of course, but our government doesn't want to know.<br /><br />So it was healing to read your post today and to be reminded that people really do still care. Thank you for sharing it.alberridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15986443240923520466noreply@blogger.com