Helgolandsmindet Traditional Cache
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Mindemærket for kampen ved Helgoland d. 9. maj 1864, er en af få opmuntrende begivenheder i vor sidste ulykkelige sønderjyske krig. Det hører med til øens historie og ungdommens sømandsliv. Thurinerne var nemlig i meget stort tal med som værnepligtige på de fregatter bla. "Jylland" der sloges ved Helgoland. År efter år så man dem derfor hejse Dannebrog på øens flagstænger den 9. maj , hvis de da ellers var hjemme. Den dag skulle mindes.
Men som veteranernes tal ebbede ud (ved mindemærkets indvielse i 1924 var der kun 4 tilbage), blev flagningen sparsommere og ville i overskuelig tid høre op. Da var det Marineforeningens formand tog initiativet til mindesmærkets rejsning. Let gik det dog ikke. Krigsministeriets mænd hørte uvilligt på planen, men ved ihærdighed og udholdenhed og ved aktiv hjælp fra Thurø Sømandsforening nåedes målet. Krigsministeriet gav efter og skænkede Marineforeningen de kanoner samt ankeret, der udgør monumentets enkel-dele.
Hvert år d. 9. maj går flaget til tops på flagstangen bag mindesmærket for at ihukomme dem, der stred og blødte og for i hvert fald for et øjeblik at standse tanken ved mindetavlens indskrift, der skyldes øens tidligere sognepræst
"Så længe bølgen ruller mod Helgolands kyst,
den hvisker om 9. majdagens blodige dyst"
Den lille salutkanon er blevet sponsosreret af en lokal og kom til i 2003. Et sted på Thurø som vi synes er et besøg værd.
The memorial monument for the battle of Helgoland on 9 May 1864, is one of the few encouraging events in the last unhappy Jutland war. It belongs to the island's history and the sailor life of the past. The Thurins was in fact in very large numbers participating as recruits on the frigates, including "Jutland", who fought at Helgoland. Therefore, year after year, the Thurins were hoisting the national flag on the flagpoles of the island on 9 May - that was if they where home! This day had to be remembered. But as the number of veterans got smaller (by the monument's inauguration in 1924 there were only 4 left), the flagging got scarcer and would in foreseeable time stop. Therefore the president of the Seamen's Association took initiative to establish the monument, though it was not easy. Men of the War Ministry listened unwillingly to the plan, but by perseverance and endurance and active help from the Thurø Seamen's Association the target was reached. The Ministry of War relented and gave the Seamen's Association the cannons as well as the anchor, which represents the parts of the monument. Every year on the 9th of May the flag is hoisted to the top of the flagpole behind the memorial monument to remember those who fought and bled, and, at least for a moment, to commemorate the inscription of the monument, placed by the island's former priest: "As long as the wave rolls on the coast of Helgoland, it whispers on the bloody battle on 9th of May". The small salute cannon from 2003 has been sponsored by a local resident. We think that this place on Thurø is worth a visit.
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