2010

Remembering why Remembrance Day is so important

Remembering why Remembrance Day is so important
Remembrance Day has always been an important day to me.  From as far back as I can recall, my parents talked about our grandparents and great-grandparents along with their friends who lived through the First and Second World Wars.  I also remember going to school assemblies, year after year, from kindergarten through to university where we'd all share a moment of silence together on the 11th day of the 11th month as the clock chimed the 11th minute of the 11th hour.  In that group and its deafening silence, I remembered.  I hope you take the time at 11:11 this morning to be thankful for all those that have sacrificed for us to have the lives that we do today.  I love Canada and everything it stands for.  Thank you to all the members of the armed forces, their families, and all those who were strong for us - the generations whom have followed.  We are forever thankful and remember all of you today.

In Flanders Fields by John McCrae, May 1915

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

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