radegundis:positive-affirmation:#WeAreHere: WWI ‘soldiers’ appear across UK in moving and powerful t
radegundis:positive-affirmation:#WeAreHere: WWI ‘soldiers’ appear across UK in moving and powerful tribute to the Battle of SommeVolunteers dressed as World War I soldiers appeared at in towns and cities across UK on Friday 1st July as part of Battle of the Somme commemorations, marking 100-years since one of the bloodiest battles in human history.The soldiers silently handed cards to passers by, each bearing the name of a soldier who died at the Somme on 1st July 1916.Occasionally the volunteers broke into song, singing “We are here because we are here” to the tune of Auld Lang Syne.The Battle of Somme (1st July - 18th November 1916) was the largest battle of the First World War on the Western Front - more than one million men were wounded or killed. <3 -- source link