Rememberance day

Rolilk · Guru

Rememberance day

1964Canso · Guru

I'll second that,the world would be a totally different place without the sacrifices made.A big thank you..........

1965CS · Guru

It is has just past the 11th hour here. This day is special to many of us here since many had family members in the wars. For myself, I had a father in WW2 and his father in WW1. Lest we forget.

RDubya · Poncho Master!

Made sure to wear my poppy and my Canadian Poncho shirt. If it wasn't for those soldiers making sacrifices, i wouldn't be able to say that today.

65deluxe · Addicted!

Im still trying to figure why this isn't a stat holiday.
Theirs a lot to be thankful for and a lot to thank

RDubya · Poncho Master!

65deluxe wrote:

Im still trying to figure why this isn't a stat holiday.
Theirs a lot to be thankful for and a lot to thank

We have only 1 remaining WW1 veteran in Canada, who was in uniform in the war. And fewer WW2 vets every day. Should be a stat holiday, hopefully it can be. I still say we start a petition.

57poncho · Uber Guru

I was working today at a place where I do maintenance painting . The security staff are commissioners so most of them are vets but did not see war . One of them came and told me Wilf the weekday day shift guy Had just died of a massive coronary . He was a retired marine and one hell of a nice guy . He just celebrated his 60th birthday last week I sure am going to miss him

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

I'm all for "family day" but wouldn't it have been wiser to make Nov. 11 a holiday? Work was so busy 11 O'clock came and went before I even realized it. It burns me that it isn't a holiday. I'd rather have been either at a live event or in front of the History Channel watching war documentaries.

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

Those that do not favour having a National Day of Remembrance a statutory holiday strongly believe that the meaning and significance would be lost as the public would just treat it as another day to goof off. There would be no means to ensure that appropriate observances we made. Judging by some things I read on various blogs today there is some merit in this argument. I could not believe some of the opinions held about this day.

I personally don't buy the arguments against a National Day of Remembrance. As a boy it was a statutory holiday, a day off school and our small community within Toronto held and still holds a service which we all attend. What would you expect from a place that has a Dieppe Park, Topham Park, Vicross Road, Merritt Road, Warvet Cres. and Valour Road. I see a resurgence in observing Remembrance day in recent years and it seems to me that our young people from all ethnic backgrounds are involved in this. I don't think it would do any harm if we all wrote our MP's both Federal and provincial and made our feelings known.

PS. I sent e-mails to both members

-- Edited by 73SC at 00:35, 2008-11-12

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

great idea!!!!! thanks I worked for family businesses for 35 years.. never once had a Nov 11 off.. had to go into the washroom, to observe the silence.. cry

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

Nice plate. Just curious, what proof do you supply to get that special Veteran's plate.

Sort of related, Regis Philbin was here on the weekend celebrating Hazel McCallion's birthday. Anyway he took a few poppies back to New York and made a huge deal out of them and expaline dthe significance on yesterday's show. He wondered why American's don't have a symbol of remembrance like we do and he wore the poppy for the entire show.

I saw the clip on the news.

455gto · Poncho Master!

There is a video you guys have to see.
It's called A Pittence Of Time ...... They play it at my childrens school every year to honor our vets
If someone wants to post the link to it from Youtube. I forgot how to post links.

Ghost Post · Poncho Master!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTVeANAjh0c

455gto · Poncho Master!

Ghost Post wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTVeANAjh0c

Thanks Ghost Post.

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

Terry Kelly is visually impaired if anyone is wondering why the dark glasses in the video. They used the Colour Guard from our local Legion, Todmorden Branch #10 when they made that. Todmorden was the original name of East York which is now part of Toronto.

Thanks for reminding us about that song, it says it all!