Cornwall is a county of great beauty that has/does inspire many well-known artists , Barbara Hepworth and poets. Poets such as Poet Laureatte Sir John Betjeman. Betjamin’s poems and verse of Cornwall truly conjure up the magic of the county and a lot is inspired by our surrounding area here at Tredarrup as he lived not far away at Trebetherick where he is buried. Another poet with connections to Cornwall is Robert Laurence Binyon best known for his poem For The Fallen which is remembered on the nearby cliff tops of Polzeath where it was written.
So on a day such as today, the eve of the 65th anniversary of D-Day, when 65 years ago Cornwall was a county transformed as hundreds of thousands of US servicemen were based all over Cornwall training for that day – in all 7,500 men left Cornwall’s Trebah Beach for the assault at Omaha beach. A day when many men’s courage on the beaches of Normandy changed the course of World War II, a place of beauty full of such sadness, when wars stills exist, we should remember them.
Remember....
Tags: Barbara Hepwoth, D-Day, For The Fallen, Polzeath, Robert Laurence Binyon, Sir John Betjeman, Trebetherick, Tredarrup
