Battle of Britain Chapel to be closed

[Treetopflyer]

'Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few' I guess there is a £50,000 cap on that statement.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/11324206/Battle-of-Britain-chapel-to-the-few-threatened-with-closure.html

 

[Stanley Doble]

Too bad the more than 25000 visitors couldn't chip in 50p apiece.

 

[hatguy1]

How sad is right. And how quickly remembering/honoring their sacrifice became "too expensive."

 

[hatguy1]

The chapel is saved!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...aved-from-closure-by-Biggin-Hill-Airport.html

 

[Stanley Doble]

I wouldn't say quickly. The Battle of Britain was 75 years ago. Not many of the original combatants are even alive.

 

[Stearmen]

The chapel is saved!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...aved-from-closure-by-Biggin-Hill-Airport.html

That's good news.

 

[Treetopflyer]

Outstanding news!

 

[Edward]

I wouldn't say quickly. The Battle of Britain was 75 years ago. Not many of the original combatants are even alive.

Certainly many fewer than was the case even ten years ago. It would seem a shame to lose what is a historic monument from which we learn as much as - if not more than - about the culture of those who erected it as about those in whose honour they did so. If not for it's historical status I might feel rather different, but then I myself am from a time and culture where the overlap of religion, national identity and militarism has been rather an explosive cocktail.

 

[hatguy1]

I wouldn't say quickly. The Battle of Britain was 75 years ago. Not many of the original combatants are even alive.

True, but certainly the world has kept shrines, statues, memorial buildings and whatnot going for other historical figures/events for far longer than a mere 75 years....


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