The unwelcomed wreath


				The unwelcomed commemoration.



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Commemorating war dead in the UK:

Commemorating military war dead - The RED Poppy.

Commemorating animals killed in war - The PURPLE Poppy.

Commemorating civilians killed in war - NOTHING.

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING !!!

Until now...

Introducing

The Three Tears Of Blood (Civilian) Poppy

In use since 2008

Commemorating EVERY Human Being killed in war

The items shown below all formed part of the "unwelcome commemoration"

They are tributes dedicated to commemorating

ALL CIVILIAN WAR DEAD.

Every man, woman, boy, girl, toddler & baby

ever slaughtered in war.

Central to the "unwelcome commemoration" is the civilian-wreath.

The one shown below is a replica of the "unwelcome wreath" which was confiscated (from Derby war memorial)

by a representative of Derby City Council.

In 2001 the International Committee of the Red Cross revealed that for every ONE soldier killed in war since the mid-20th Century: TEN civilians are killed. The "ten2one", "civilian-wreath" perfectly embodies that shameful truth. The ONE red poppy commemorates the ONE soldier killed and the TEN special white poppies commemorates the TEN civilians killed. Each white poppy bears "3 tears of blood". One tear is for ALL the men, women, children & babies killed in the wars of the past. Another tear is for ALL the men, women, children and babies killed in the wars of the present. The third tear is for ALL of the men, women, children and babies who will be killed in the wars of the future.

Since 2012: We have been using the ten2one wreath to commemorate ALL civilians killed in ALL wars. Past. Present & Future.

The following photograph shows the front of Derby's war memorial. Please note the statue does NOT depict a soldier in heroic pose. It is the statue of a woman and child. All too often the true victims of war. Indeed, it is reported that the majority of the TEN civilians killed for every ONE soldier killed ARE women and children.

Please note on the occasion this photograph was taken, a ten2one wreath had been presented as a tribute to ALL women and children killed in ALL wars. The wreath is visible on the statues plinth.

Below is a photograph of the rear of the War Memorial in the Market Place in Derby. A plaque affixed to the rear of the monument is dedicated to the civilians who lost their lives. Since November 3rd 2012 a colleague and I have maintained a shrine like presence to ALL civilians killed in ALL wars on the rear of the monument. As you can see from the photograph our tribute was both tasteful and appropriate.

For over twelve months we maintained our memorial to ALL men, women, girls, boys, toddlers and babies slaughtered in ALL Wars. Many many people stopped and read the commemorations. People would often discuss what they were looking at and some even photographed what they saw. Flowers were often placed by the good people of Derby.

Remembrance Day 2012 came and went and our tribute to ALL Civilians ever killed in wars was allowed to remain. Long after all the red poppy wreaths had been cleared away from the memorial, the ten2one tribute continued.

On the evening before the Remembrance Day wreath laying ceremony in November 2013: We attended the memorial to hold a short vigil for All civilians killed in ALL wars. The only items on the memorial were a few bunches of flowers, and our own ongoing ten2one tribute. My colleague added a single white lilly to our tribute.

When we returned the following morning for the wreath laying ceremony, ALL of our tribute to civilian war dead had been removed from the memorial. In its place were the same bunches of flowers that had been present along with our commemoration.

The above photograph was taken before the wreath laying ceremony began. It shows

my colleague moments after she had laid our ten2one wreath commemorating ALL

civilians killed in ALL wars.

The following photograph was taken during the ceremony - but, before the wreath laying

had begun. Please note the ten2one civilian-wreath is still the only wreath on the monument.

During the ceremony the civilian-wreath was concealed behind a blood red military wreath.

Following the ceremony, Olivia (my colleague) rearranged the wreathes so all - including the

ten2one civilian-wreath were visible.

The following morning we re-attended the monument only to discover that the ten2one civilian-wreath (just like our shrine like commemoration) had also been confiscated from the monument.

Dismayed by such disrespect I emailed the Mayor seeking an explanation. My email and the response it received are both shown on the next page.