Lest we forget

[AdrianM]

I just wanted to start the thread this morning since I'm on the East Coast and up a little earlier than the rest of the Country.

I'm getting dressed in my blues and taking the kids down to the service in my community. Members of my fire department always march with the Legion members and Vets from the Legion to the cenotaph. I'm ashamed to say I've never taken part, but this Forum has reinforced the importance to me. Thanks guys and gal(s).

We shall remember...

Adrian

 

[bushwhacker]

Thinking today of my father's oldest brother Charles William Elliott who died at the battle of Amiens in WW1 as well as my two great uncles who returned from WWI, one with a steel plate in his head and the other having been gassed. Also my cousin Bill Braun who passed away this year a veteran of the RCAF who flew anti-submarine patrols out of Scotland.

 

[Winchester30-30]

Today we remember the men and women who fought for our freedom, the people who made it possible for the lives we live today,

Lest we for forget
Thank you to every one who has served our country

 

[flying pig]

Thinking of Grandpa Willy Lyons who served Canada from Italy to wars end, Great Grandpa Bert Veldhouse who served Canada in the trenches in WWI, and Great Grandpa Jim Hogg who was with the Red Cross in Europe in WWII,but also all of their friends who weren't lucky enough to make it home and make a life for themselves, have kids and grandkids. We will never forget what you all have done for us and for so many others. I can't imagine how horrible life would be for us all had you not sacrificed so much.

 

[elwoodpdowd]

They walk among us, yes veterans of all ages, veterans of conflicts past and today. They do not ask that you wave your arms in cheers as victors but to remember their sacrifices.

Families have lost loved ones on foreign soils and live on with heavy hearts. Members of the service losing a comrade in arms, seeing events unfold that no human should endure.

I have family members and I’ve worked alongside many that have served in WW1 and WW2, Korean conflict, various UN missions, Desert Storm, Afghanistan and the list goes on. I cannot say how proud I am to have known them.

They ask that no pity be put on them but to remember those who have perished for their/our country. For them it’s closure and paying homage to those who paid the ultimate price.

LEST WE FORGET

 

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NEVER FORGET

 

[mildot]

Well with Remembrance Day today, it's time to post the video;
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[XCR User]

This day is a time to remember, that those men and women who fought over seas
to free us from oppression. We will remember those who have givin there lives so
that we could live in a free society. Lest we forget there courage and self sacrifice.

 

[sk8r]

Here dead lie we because we did not choose
To live and shame the land from which we sprung.
Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose;
But young men think it is, and we were young.

A.E.Housman


Never Forget.

Semper Fi.

 

[Nabs]

Lest we forget.

Today I remember my great grandfather, my great uncle, their comrades in arms, and all fighting men and women who fought for a better freedom and world that we enjoy freely today.

 

[Hi-Standard]

The service this morning in Mount Pearl was beautiful, and with a large crowd as always. My son, who is stationed in Esquimalt , volunteered for their parade. I hope their weather holds out, we had a great day here, cool but sunny.

LEST WE FORGET

 

[Orvis]

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them."

 

[ThievingBear]

Remembering those who served, and to those who paid the ultimate sacrafice. Lest we forget.

For my father, a verteran of the Korean War and my father in-law a veteran of the Viet Nam War.

 

[Boomer74]

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.

Lest we forget...

 

[cheeseburgereatin]

to the boys

 

[AdrianM]

I just got back from the service. It was nice. Weather was clear and sunny but with a cool breeze blowing.

The local legion even arranged an Aurora flyover, I think it came from Greenwood.

I'm thankful because my grandparents are immigrants from Holland. Without Canadian forces liberating their country, I may not have ever been born.

 

[Capt.Canuck]

I coached my son's hockey game this morning, and both the opposing coach and I were in the military at one time. We had the players and fans sing the national anthem before the game to honour our veterans. It was a nice moment.

I talked to the kids before the game and asked them what Rememberance Day meant to them. For 7&8 year olds, they gave some very thoughtful answers.

 

[schwantz]

With my mother passing in August, I found several photos, medals and a telegram relating to the death of my Uncle (that I never met) Glenford Herbert Taylor who perished when the Halifax MKIII bomber that he was navigator was hit by flak over the Noisy Le Sec rail yards on April 18th 1944. The bomber crashed on top of a power station north of Paris and all of the crew were killed. I'm attaching a couple of photos and the telegram on this day of remembrance. My uncle is the fellow in the flight gear sitiing by the hut. I find this quite sobering especially on this day.

 

[Muskyhunter1]

God Bless the Men and Woman who have and are serving. My Father served, I did and now my Son is.

 

[johann_seb]

There are those who would decry the militarized world we live in; who would suggest that it is a terrible thing that wars are fought and won. My family lies on the other (translated : wrong) side of a few conflicts in the past. I think that today I remember all those who have died for what they believe in. I can't honestly claim a separation from the Canadian military as I am currently enjoying the freedom they have supplied. I think that those who will take up arms for their family, to save their way of life...these are men and women that I stand in awe of. I thank God for those who are willing to trade their lives for that of my children and grandchildren.

Should be noted that my cousin is a reservist now for the Canadian army. God bless them indeed.