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LadyAngelika -> RE: Rememberance Day 11-11-05 (11/11/2005 12:32:49 PM)
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What exactly is Rememberance day?
We call it Remembrance day in Canada too, probably because we are part of the Commonwealth.
Though I hate war and all that it entails, I do recognise the sacrifice that men and women made to ensure my freedoms and liberties.
Here is a Canadian Tradition. In school, we all recited this poem written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) of the 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.
I read it every year at this time to remind me to be thankful.
- LA
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