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Gordon McLeod
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From: Toronto Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 99

posted 11-11-2002 10:46 AM

Well in Canada today it is rememberance day a day to remember those who did not return from the great wars, and to give those who did come back thanks.
Today there are veterans parades and every year there are fewer and fewer veterans there.

So just a thought of thanks

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John Pytlak
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posted 11-11-2002 11:43 AM

In the USA, it's "Veterans Day". A time to reflect as we may face war again:
here Flowers to Remember
here Pete Seeger

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Pete Naples
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From: Dunfermline, Scotland
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posted 11-11-2002 12:23 PM

It disturbs me greatly these days to see the lack of respect and knowledge that people have of the past. I've taken the time and effort to visit the battlefields of Belgium and France, and found it a truly humbling experience. It puts ones personal gripes and grievances into perspective.
Remembrance Day for me is a sad time, stop and think of the millions who died and you'll see what I mean. Of course I'm not nearly old enough to remember either world war, that does not mean that I'm not old enough to respect and honour those that gave their lives for the freedom that we take so for granted today.
At 11am I downed tools and observed a minutes silence.

Lest We Forget.

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Robert E. Allen
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From: Checotah, Oklahoma
Registered: Jul 2002

posted 11-11-2002 04:48 PM

If only more in our country had your insight and understanding Pete our veterans would receive their due. Unfortunately, some in our nation take their "right" to free speech to an extreme and abuse some veterans for participating in a war with which they do not agree, particularly the Vietnam conflict. To all veterans, of this nation or of our ally's, I express my heartfelt gratitude for answering your country's call. May God Bless you. To those who did not return, rest in peace heros.

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Bob Maar
(Maar stands for Maartini)

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From: New York City & Newport, RI
Registered: Feb 2001

posted 11-11-2002 06:31 PM

I have posted some rememberences to the veterans in the Holiday section of the Joke Forum.

Come pay a visit.

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Gordon McLeod
Film God

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From: Toronto Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 99

posted 11-11-2002 06:36 PM

In Flanders Fields

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.

John McCrae (1872-1918) was a Canadian medic serving in Flanders during the first world war and wrote while on duty the above poem. He died of Phnemonia in 1918 while on active duty. In Canada wereing of a popy is a symbol of rememberence here

here

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Lionel Fouillen
Expert Film Handler

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From: Belgium
Registered: Nov 2002

posted 11-12-2002 06:20 AM

Same in Belgium on November 11th. I'm a bit sad we don't see so many flags though. And the younger generations are just not educated about past sacrifices.

Belgium never forgets about the numerous foreign men who fought to defend our soil. For WW2, here is a link to the memorial for the battle of the Bulge. Sorry I can't find the official website although I know it exists.

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John Pytlak
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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
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posted 11-12-2002 09:52 AM

Here are some links to websites for the Battle of the Bulge:
here CRIBA site
here Ardenne44
here 94th Armored Division

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Pete Naples
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From: Dunfermline, Scotland
Registered: Feb 2001

posted 11-12-2002 02:00 PM

Lionel, I have stood under the Menin Gate, Ypres when the buglers sound the last post. A moving experience to say the least. You look around you and all you see are tiny names carved into the stone. I found the name of an ancestor of mine, killed on the Somme.

Here too the poppy is the symbol of remembrance. I note that each year fewer and fewer people wear them. I make a point of so doing.

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Lionel Fouillen
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From: Belgium
Registered: Nov 2002

posted 11-13-2002 05:15 PM

The battle of the Somme was terrible. A survivor once told my grandmother that the water was a bit tainted red because of the blood of all the soldiers who died when crossing it.

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