It’s Veterans Week here in Canada, while tomorrow is Remembrance Day. At 11:00 a.m. tomorrow there will be a minute of silence in the entire country for those people who have given their lives for our freedom.
My Mother is staying with me for a month and just this morning we were talking about how my grandparents came over from Italy. They left their family and friends to come to Canada to have a better life for themselves and for future generations. I am so happy and thankful that they did. While my grandfather didn’t die in any of the wars, he did receive a medal for valor during WWI. I truly appreciate all of the people in the military who serve to protect our freedom. Thank you.
During this Veterans week, please show that you care by wearing a poppy above your heart, attending a local Remembrance Day ceremony, observing a moment of silence on Wednesday November 11 at 11:00 a.m, or by listening to a veteran tell their story.
In Flanders Fields
Written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918), Canadian Army
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.
How will you Remember?
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