Nov. 20
You may remember me talking about the poppy installation at the Tower of London, if you don't, go back and read my post 'Tower of London.' After Remembrance Day, AKA Armistice Day, the de-installation of the poppies began. Today, I helped in the effort of removing these incredible art pieces.
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| Team de-installing poppies |
There are three teams of 200 working for three hours each day. There are only a couple of days of dis-installing left, but there are still tons of poppies.
The dis-installing of poppies is a lot more work then would have been expected. The poppies needed to be taken out of the ground and disassembled. There were two washers under, and two bolts on top of the poppy to keep it in place. A lot of the bolts had rusted, which made them difficult to take off. The pieces then had to be sorted, and the poppies had to be boxed.
But it was fun, and I got to do it with a friend, which made it easier. We also got to take pictures!
The poppies are really incredibly done, and are an important representation of the great sacrifice of World War One.
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| For my Great Great Grandfather, John. Thank you for your sacrifice. |
It means so much to me to be able to have been part of such a great project.
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