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Was born in Asiago the flower of remembrance, the Italian symbol to remember and pass on the memory of the great war

Published 12 Nov 2018 - 10.47
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PRESS RELEASE of 9/11/2018 of the MUNICIPALITY of ASIAGO

Nontiscordardime AsiagoAlready in may 2015 Asiago city had adopted a flower for the centenary of the first world war 1915-18, an initiative by the strong symbolic value in order to remember all the fallen soldiers and civilians who had lived in those tragic years of war and to promote, through the collective memory, a culture of peace.

The choice fell on the "forget-me-nots" (Myosotis SP.), the perennial flower that grows wild in the places that were of great war as in all Italian regions, Blue as the national color of Italy and with a name symbolizing the memory,love and hope.

Since the beginning of the centenary until now, Asiago has consistently organized multiple initiatives to learn, remember and pass on those tragic events and the idea of the Nontiscordime, along with the original design created and the silver pin depicting the flower donated to the many guests who have visited in Asiago, began to spread among various Italian towns.
Even the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, who honored Asiago with his presence on the occasion of the official visit on 24 may 2016, has had the opportunity to appreciate this symbolic initiative.

Not only. The Association thirty "TA-PUM of memory" has taken the initiative and under the patronage of the town of Asiago has made thousands and thousands of packets of seeds of forget me not deploying them as gifts on various important occasions about the centenary, especially to school children both in Italy and in Europe.

The time span of the centenary you start now to end-November 11 between 4 and 2018-and 100 years after the Armistice last November 3-a – Asiago City Council unanimously approved a Resolution for the "Flower of the centenary" remains from here on out as the "Flower of memory" and spread as much as possible to learn, remember and pass on the events of the first world war and to raise public awareness, young people and students in particular, on the the collective memory of the nation, promoting through memory, a culture of peace and brotherhood among peoples.

The birthplace of this cultural initiative by the high symbolic value could only be Asiago, awarded the title of city for merits in 1915-' 18 War and decorated with Medal of Valor, a land where the wonderful Nature and History intertwine constantly, where the rebirth from the devastation of the war brought Asiago to become a popular tourist destination, where we look to the future without forgetting the past. Asiago, where the great war is still felt without rhetoric because from an early age we learn to walk the trails of the mountain with emotion and respect, knowing to go where soldiers from all over Italy and from other current 23 countries have suffered penis indescribable and wrote pages of history and sacrifices.


Anyone who has got to be in London at 11.00 hours of 11 November each year and have lived those two minutes of silence that usually drop by stopping the life of the entire nation, understands well what it means today, the day of the Armistice that ended the first world war. Two minutes silence lived and shared by all. Just think of the expanse of more than 800,000 British ceramic, one for each Fallen poppies, which started the centenary in 2014 in the moat of the Tower of London, replaced now in 2018 for more than 800,000 candlepower.
In recent years, thousands of Britons flocked to buy each a poppy and it was an honor to all give a financial contribution to a work of art to commemorate the fallen.

It is inevitable to ask oneself what the sense of memory in our country, even through the force that have the symbolic gestures.
Wouldn't it be important that the simple flower forget-me-nots became the "collectivememory" Flower of our country, which was adopted by municipalities, regions and above all national institutions with the same cultural purpose?

Asiago, 9 November 2018

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