Remembrance Day 2012
 

Thought I'd start this thread a couple days early...

Here's to hoping that everyone takes some time out of their day/long weekend to remember the tons of people who have sacrificed their lives for our freedom

Lest we forget.

I never even thought about this until now...

Imagine how shitty it would feel not being recognized for your service because you don't wear a uniform any more; definitely sharing this.

Kind of ironic if you think about it. Many of those who are serving today are fighting in wars for reasons unknown for purposes yet to be established. Yet those who don't get recognized as much fought for our actual freedom and liberties many countries still fight for.

saving private ryan was on tv today...ended up watching it...the whole time all i could think about was my grandpa who was in the war and ended up making it home.

side note, if anyone remembers in highschool (cant remember what grade it was in) in social studies, theres a chapter on ww2 and canada's involvement in it, in the book theres a picture of the soldiers from new westminster walking to the water to board the ships to head over to fight in 1940.

the guy holding his hand out, my grandpa is a few guys behind him so its kinda cool for me to be able to see him
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/8X10-PHOTO-CA...7ow~~60_35.JPG

Mind the effects...

I think our society does a pretty good job to ensure remembrance day is significant for the new generation

You're right it does. But if your commenting in response to OP video or even my $0.02, I think the video refers to recognizing in a more general sense and not just on Remembrance Day.

It's hard to explain but perhaps it's trying to show there is a difference between remembering and recognizing/acknowledging.

that made me smile for sure, nice find sir

You'd think that. But I was riding on the bus, and there was this guy in his early/mid 20s who said (as we drove by Victory park)
I ended up getting in a minor verbal altercation, pointing out that it's not about the politics and that it is about the people. In the end, we ended up simply petering off into silence.

I may not have brought him to my side, but I'm fairly certain my grandfather would have appreciated the effort.


Quick note before anyone compliments my Grandfather's Grand Sacrifice: My grandfather was shipped overseas to serve in a support role and did about six months before the war ended. He never saw the front lines and is still alive today as an Octogenarian. That having been said "The Minstrel Boy" still brings tears to his eyes.

For some reason, Remembrance Day always reminds me of Bagpipes. This video is my friend who played with the VPD Pipe Band - some of you may know him as the piper who plays outside Rogers Arena at all the Canucks games.... He toured around Europe, stopped at Vimy to play a few tunes there.

I visited Vimy myself a few years back. The ridge seems so insignificant, but to think of the number of lives that were lost on both sides for this one battle - it's pretty crazy. The memorial is pretty magnificent - I would recommend it to anyone who has time, to go take a look.

About to put my DEU's on and head down to the Port Moody parade.

Always remember.

We haven't had to fight for our freedom; what Canada has always done was fight to protect others (peacekeeping) or fight for others' freedom and that's one of the proudest and most endearing things I find with Canada even though we don't have to, we step up to help others and even put our lives on the line for it and that's a part of the canadian identity

when my grandfathers went to war it wasn't because they felt threatened, it was because they wanted to help and save others who were under threat

i think that its important to note how we're different from other nations and why our soldiers have made those risks and sacrifices less we forget who we are as a nation


not to say we're entirely unique or without faults, but by and large

Grave of Private Buckam Singh. Not allowed to be a citizen of Canada but still decided to fight in the Canadian army. Unlike other colored minorities he was not segregated and fought with the regular army.


http://www.sikhmuseum.com/remember/d...ravestone1.jpg

Well said, I was at Vimy Ridge 2 years ago with my Grandmother, where her father, my Great Grandfather, fought and survived through the entire first world war.

Really makes you stop and appreciate things. I visited the Flanders Fields museum in Ypres as well, very much worth going to. I have a whole new appreciation and view of Remembrance Day now.

Lest We Forget.