A Time to Remember
- Date Submitted: 01/28/2010 08:29 AM
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Why is there a Remembrance Day?
Why, on November 11th every year, do Canadians stop from their daily work
commitments and observe this day as a special holiday? Schools close and
government, public and private offices all across the nation shut down and
"remember" !
Remember what? Canadians will gather on November 11th, all across our
nation, at war memorials for a two minute period of silence to pay tribute to
and honor the memory of the more than 100,000 Canadians who were killed
in War-World war 1 and 2 and the Korean War. Family members and
government officials will lay wreaths and flowers in their honor.
November 11th was the day on which the fighting stopped in 1918, and this
day was chosen by those who returned from the wars when they would stop
and remember their fallen comrades: those who made the supreme sacrifice
that we may have the freedom in this country that we enjoy today.
This year Remembrance Day marks the 81st anniversary of the signing of the
armistice to end the first World War, November 11th, 1918. After four years
of bloody battles "the war to end all wars" was finally over.
Children my age can't remember the 1st World War so maybe the most
important thing for us to remember is that many of the dead weren't much
older than us. Many of them flew bombers while still in their teens; others
were storming beaches at Dieppe, long before their 21st birthdays. Their
future was as bright as my plans for next summer. They left the excitement of
playing basketball, football, skiing, hockey, track and also their families,
friends and school to fight for Canada.
On November 11th everybody wears a poppy, a reminder of the blood-red
flower which grew in the fields where the fighting occurred in the trenches.
Soldiers noticed this red flower as...
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