Fri Nov 11, 2005 9:51 pm
ahoteinrun wrote:Paul wrote:ahoteinrun wrote:According to veterans affairs there are only 5 WW1 vets left alive in Canada. They said on the TV that there may indeed be a few more, but they've lost touch with them for who knows what reasons.
Still.
Thats strange. When I first started watching the ceremony with my parents there were a couple hundred.
There's 27 in total, overrall.
Is that in Canada? Did CBC lie to me? (well their coverage of the ceremonies also cut out, so it's not like I can trust them)
No, America, Britain, Canada, and the other nations too.
Fri Nov 11, 2005 9:55 pm
SpiraLethe wrote:For some odd reason, my university still had class as usual when everyone else is observing the holiday. What the heck!?
I had class too...and we dodn't do the moment of silence.
I did, though.
Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:45 pm
We had an assembly and I believe two seperate moment of silences. One at 11am and one at the assembly. It was really nice, we had soldiers from the army and some cadets pay tribute to the Veterans of WW1. It was really, really nice.
Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:53 pm
I spent the whole day thinking I was remembering and respecting those who had fallen, but it was only this evening when I sat down and really thought about it that I did. Imagining the torment of women waiting to hear from their husbands, children wondering if their fathers were coming home, the absolute terror that all the soldiers lived in. Thinking about how terrifying events like the Battle of Normandy must have really been, it's impossible to understand. The men who fought, and the women too, were so unimaginably brave no matter what country they were from. It is so hard to comprehend that many lives being torn away, such a waste.
And here's me who can't even sit down and think about it without bursting into tears at the thought of all that sadness and terror. That generation gave us the freedom we have. Lest we forget.
And here's me who can't even sit down and think about it without bursting into tears at the thought of all that sadness and terror. That generation gave us the freedom we have. Lest we forget.
Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:40 pm
Paul wrote:ahoteinrun wrote:Paul wrote:ahoteinrun wrote:According to veterans affairs there are only 5 WW1 vets left alive in Canada. They said on the TV that there may indeed be a few more, but they've lost touch with them for who knows what reasons.
Still.
Thats strange. When I first started watching the ceremony with my parents there were a couple hundred.
There's 27 in total, overrall.
Is that in Canada? Did CBC lie to me? (well their coverage of the ceremonies also cut out, so it's not like I can trust them)
No, America, Britain, Canada, and the other nations too.
Ten of which are English.
Its almost hard to believe; Twent-seven survivors of the first world war remain.
Still, against my expectations my class observed the minutes silence (truth be told it was closer to 90 seconds)
Might build a memorial
Probably a little... weirder, than the usual one, but hey, i will be respecting their sacrafice in my own way.
Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:30 am
It's not that difficult to believe considering the first world war ended nearly 90 years ago. Had there never been a war, most people who were living then would be dead by now anyway.
Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:59 pm
On the 11th the ROTC program that I'm in at my school held a flag retirement ceremony. We marched in with the Flags, and then cut up the flag, respectfully, and placed it in fire where it burned. It was so beautiful and when everyone in the stands left, they were completly silent. It was one of the most respectful things I have seen at this school...