Dudley Henriques wrote:

"Big John" wrote in message
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Dudley

It's a shame we don't put more effort in saving some of the historical
places. Briton and some others put time and money in saving their
history for future generations. Makes me ashamed.

Big John


Yeah..it's a shame really. Of course the Brits actually fought their war
right over their heads. The people had, and still have such a high regard
for what happened during the BOB that they are more than willing to support
the historical effort to save the artifacts from the period.
It seems that in our country, a lot of the time developers and politicians
enter into the equation and the artifact goes into a museum while the real
estate where it all happened somehow magically turns into a shopping mall.
Of course there are exceptions although many times it's the work of private
donors that save a location of historical value to aviation.
Dudley

And with fewer people alive who have any first-hand recollection of WW
II, it will only get worse. Most developers in action today don't
remember the Korean war let alone WW II. What is that old saying about
those who fail to remember history...


Matt