Children’s Day 2014: Tanks for the memories!

“Children are the future of the nation,” according to one Thai adage. “If the children are intelligent, the country will be prosperous.”

And what could be a more childhood-positive experience then lining your toddler up behind the scope of an armor-mounted, high-caliber automatic weapon? (Just to reiterate, totally not in town for any kind of overthrow or power play.)

Sixty years after being established as an international holiday, Children’s Day was celebrated Saturday in Thailand. These images were taken at the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters.


 

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