Glad you are involved in sensitive war memorials in the fullest sense.  @HenryX 

I recently was involved in a cantata about Sir John Monash called "Peace".

I hope you could tell from my post that I was not being casual about it.  I really hoped my son would pursue his time with the air cadets.  It was my idea, and I drove him. It was close, affordable, and a high quality activity for a young teen.  I trusted the professionalism of those involved. 

As a mum I could have breathed a sigh of relief for a few years, while he was gaining practical and social experiences, but it was short circuited by his father's anti war talk.  At that time I had not even been given the space to discuss my family's real experience of war, and the American side of the family prevailed.  Even since then it has only come out in spurts and not given proper weight that the subject deserved, with the over privileged side dominating.  It is just one of the many things I tried over the years.  I just have to face the fact that his readiness, or the timing was not right.  Everything I tried did not work.  I was pretty flexible and there was quite a range.  Anyway I had to let it go, just have few good photos of him looking good on parade. 

I will quote you as that is my son's current battle: 

With My Serious Concern for Freedom and

Appropriate Acknowledgement for Those Who Defend It,

I agree.