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Tag Archives: Sacrifice
Lest We Forget – Why We Wear the Poppy
Long-time followers will recognize this; for you newer followers this post is a variation on a subject I speak about on this day every year. The armistice that ended battlefield hostilities during World War I started at the eleventh hour, … Continue reading
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Tagged Belgium, Canada, In flanders fields, John McCrae, military service, Montreal, Patriotism, poppies, remembrance day, Sacrifice, Veterans Day, war, World War I, Ypres
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Never Forget – Veteran’s Day – Washington DC
I thought I’d share a couple of photographs that would be appropriate for today. I took these during a visit to the National Mall in Washington DC in July 2012. If there’s one thing I can say about our American neighbours is … Continue reading
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Tagged military service, National Mall, Patriotism, Sacrifice, Veterans Day, Vietnam Memorial, war, Washington DC, Washington Mall
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Never Forget – Why We Wear the Poppy
The armistice that ended battlefield hostilities during World War I started at the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day, of the eleventh month in 1918. Here in Canada wearing a Red Poppy on the left lapel, the one closest to the heart, is a tradition we … Continue reading
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Tagged Belgium, Canada, In flanders fields, John McCrae, military service, Montreal, Patriotism, poppies, remembrance day, Sacrifice, Veterans Day, war, World War I, Ypres
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