UK News 13-11-2000 Remembrance Sunday Rings The Changes who: The Queen what: Attends first Remembrance Day service of the Millennium where: The Cenotaph, LONDON when: Yesterday snippet: Yesterday`s Remembrance Service parade in Whitehall was notable for the appearance of a white-centred poppy, worn by the World War One Pardon Association, relatives of over 300 servicemen, some as young as 17, shot for desertion. "The parade was a bittersweet occasion for those who have long argued that their relatives were victims too," says The Independent`s Thomas Sutcliffe. They joined "more than 2,000 civilians who for the first time were allowed to join the march past the Cenotaph." It was a "ceremony for a new millennium, combining the best of its traditions with a fresh spirit of inclusivity," writes Tania Branigan in The Guardian, citing research which suggests "a quarter of children have no idea what Remembrance Day is about". The civilian groups included the Merchant Navy, the Women`s Land Army and the Evacuees` Reunion Association, reports The Telegraph`s Robert Hardman. "There, too, were the wartime entertainers from groups such as Ensa," he writes, "led by the singer, Max Bygraves. As a former aircraftman, he could have marched with the RAF but he had promised to support the veterans of the concert party circuit." [... more]

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