Lest We Forget
Yesterday it was Remembrance Day. I grew up in provinces that recognized it as a statutory holiday – a day to take time and visit a cenotaph, or attend a ceremony honouring the veterans and the war contribution, past and present. Not here in Ontario, home of the country's Capital. Nor in Quebec or Newfoundland and Labrador. Hence, this poster in a local school suggesting this informal uniform be worn on November 11th. The real irony is that these students found it more important to wear a black top and jeans with the poppy being treated as a fashion accessory. They can look here if they've forgotten what the day really symbolizes.
"On Remembrance Day,
we acknowledge the courage and sacrifice of those who served their country
and acknowledge our responsibility to work
for the peace they fought hard to achieve."
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3 comments:
Thanks for your efforts to keep things in perspective.
Darryl and Ruth : )
It may have been last on the list but the poppy was on there. My grandfather was at Passchendaele, was wounded and in the hospital back in England was nursed back to something near 100% fit by the nurse that he later married. It got him in the end but that was many years later and I was serving at the time, odd to think I am now a veteran. My uncle was at Arnhem as a paratrooper in WW2. I liked the Canadian film Passchendaele from a couple of years back.
Some people think it is time to move on, not me. I walk through villages and small towns around here and wherever you go you will see memorials with more names than you could imagine going off to war from such a small community and these names were just the ones who never came home. If I post a photo of a memorial on myLeeds daily photo I always try to fill in the gaps so it is not just a bare name but a person, a brother, father, son and sometimes wife.
Just saw this. I love it!
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