When freedom and democracy were in peril, an entire generation answered the call. Our grandfathers and grandmothers put aside their hopes and dreams to save the world less than a lifetime ago and still refuse to be called heroes. The least you can do is post a photo in their honor!
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“Never in the history of human conflict, has so much been owed by so many, to so few. It was perhaps, their finest hour.”
Winston Churchill
This quote is describing the RAF fighter pilots who fought bravely in the Battle of Britain. It could also be taken as describing the whole greatest generation, as this was perhaps, humanity’s finest hour.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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A poster warning soldiers of the danger of prostitutes and venereal diseases. Charming…
(Source: public-domain-images.blogspot.com)
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A British poster urging mothers to send their children to the countryside for the duration, discouraging those who had heard rumors of safety from taking their children back.
(Source: nationalarchives.gov.uk)
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