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'Pilgrimages to war cemeteries have long been part of the rituals of Australian remembrance. It is easy to understand why veterans and the parents and siblings of the men who died in war make these journeys. But why do younger generations do so today, more than a century after World War I and eight decades after World War II? These were not their battles, nor their wars. Why do they seek out the semi-sacred spaces of Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) cemeteries? And why do they weep over the grave of someone whom they have never met?' (Introduction)
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https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/archive/2024/july-2024-no-466/1004-july-2024-no-466/12708-i-never-knew-my-uncle-the-phenomenon-of-pilgrimages-and-postmemory-by-joan-beaumont
‘I Never Knew My Uncle’ : The Phenomenon of Pilgrimages and Postmemory
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