![]() ![]() This Biblical quote is probably a direct source for the term in the 1897 poem. ![]() The concept of 'being careful not to forget' was already present in the Bible ( Deuteronomy 4:7–9):ħ"For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? 9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy son's sons …." 'God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle line, Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine- Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget-lest we forget!' The phrase occurs eight times and is repeated at the end of the first four stanzas in order to add particular emphasis regarding the dangers of failing to remember. Before the term was used in reference to soldiers and war, it was first used in an 1897 Christian poem written by Rudyard Kipling called " Recessional", a poem written to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. "Lest we forget" is a phrase commonly used in war remembrance services and commemorative occasions in English speaking countries, usually those connected to the British Empire, like Canada. War remembrance phrase first used in a poem by Rudyard Kipling "Lest we forget" on a war memorial in Findhorn, Scotland ![]()
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