Remembrance Day
Just a small but important reminder to everyone that November 11th is Remembrance Day. Let us remember the sacrifices made by others, our Fathers, our Grandmothers and everyone who served in wartimes, so that we can live in the world we do today.
Take that moment and really reflect on what it means to you. Find a ceremony to sit in on (There's a nice one in Spencer Smith Park in Burlington). But please, just think. Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae captures the loss in the famous poem:
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.
We all must continue to work together, learn and understand each other to keep this world (or to make this world, depending on your outlook) a place we can all live happily in.
Lest We Forget
Take that moment and really reflect on what it means to you. Find a ceremony to sit in on (There's a nice one in Spencer Smith Park in Burlington). But please, just think. Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae captures the loss in the famous poem:
In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween 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.
We all must continue to work together, learn and understand each other to keep this world (or to make this world, depending on your outlook) a place we can all live happily in.
Lest We Forget
Labels: Canada, Remembrance Day
posted by Brent at 2:13 p.m.
3 Comments:
My nephew placed a wreath on our local cenotaph in St. Catharines, Ontario.
Pic will be on blog later today.
xoxo
Virginia
There is a petition going around for the Gov't of Canada to give a state funeral to the last WWI veteran. Currently, Stephen Harper says no. What an insult.
You know what I think about Harper.
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