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Grayson on 'Deafening Silence' of 11th Hour of 11th Month

November 11, 2009 12:00 AM

Richard GraysonCommenting on today's two minute silence at the Remembrance ceremony in Hemel Hempstead's Marlowes today, Dr Richard Grayson, who attended the event, said:

"In 1919, when the two minute silence was first held on at 11am on 11th November, there were reports of a 'deafening silence' across the UK. Apart from the occasional sound of tiny children, which nobody minds, it was like that in Hemel today as a large crowd paid their respects to the fallen of past wars, and those who continue to lose their lives in Afghanistan."

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