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I hope you all just did your two mins of silence

In Flanders Fields
by John McCrae

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.

Absolutely...

I even made the entire job site stop working...

But I still saw the boss, a frickin munjicake even, still chatting away with his hat on his head...

Some people are just frickin ignorant...

Yep. And I really feel lucky to work with/care for veterans. It's so odd think to think that their stories will be confined to history books within the next 10-15 years. Being able to hear their first hand accounts and have them pass on their wisdom is a privilege.

I work with one man who spent nearly 3 years in a Japanese POW camp. Wrote a book about it and his time in the war. He is one of the most kind and generous people I've ever met; he'd give anyone the shirt off his back. I look at men like him and compare him to the ungrateful, self-entitled youth of today and just shake my head.

Lol, I sound like a senior citizen.

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Originally posted by jennypie Lol, I sound like a senior citizen.

I was just thinking yesterday that in 10-15 years there won't be any of them alive we lost my grandfather 12 years ago, and I wish I talked to him more before he got very sick

Yes

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Originally posted by FunkyCrew I was just thinking yesterday that in 10-15 years there won't be any of them alive we lost my grandfather 12 years ago, and I wish I talked to him more before he got very sick

Yeah, but when you're young you don't really understand the value/importance of connecting with your elders.

Watch the first 10 minutes of this video if you're interested. After the first woman introduces the presentation, a woman named Lillian McGregor (an Ojibway Elder) speaks and basically talks about the importance of connecting with each other and giving back, etc. I found her speech very grounding.


http://mediacast.ic.utoronto.ca/20080307-ETH/rnh.htm

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Originally posted by jennypie Yeah, but when you're young you don't really understand the value/importance of connecting with your elders. Watch the first 10 minutes of this video if you're interested. After the first woman introduces the presentation, a woman named Lillian McGregor (an Ojibway Elder) speaks and basically talks about the importance of connecting with each other and giving back, etc. I found her speech very grounding. http://mediacast.ic.utoronto.ca/20080307-ETH/rnh.htm

thanks will watch from home, blocked at work :\

Boo. Just a heads up...you need Quicktime to watch it.

Also guys we can't forget that this day isn't just for the old vets from WWII...

We also have to think about our troops deployed right now and the ones who've died in the middle east...

Such a sad day...

We did about a minute in class today. Someone walked in during our silence and that pretty much ended shortly after.

I always hated when people would talk during it.

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Originally posted by jennypie Boo. Just a heads up...you need Quicktime to watch it.

yup yup got all that on my laptop work restricts us with all this :\

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Originally posted by jennypie Yeah, but when you're young you don't really understand the value/importance of connecting with your elders.

i think it varies largely from culture to culture as well

Of course.

Yes

I was completely silent but I was also asleep. I think this it the first year I haven't worn a poppie and that is because I literally have not come across anyone selling them this year


Lest we forget...

i didn't, am i an asshole?

Rachel Finan is very grateful to be free and safe. Those two minutes always send me into a spiral of gratitude and tears. I hope for peace in my lifetime, with all my heart.

This is no ordinary reading of "In Flanders Fields." The three people narrating are all World War II Veterans, for whom this poem has special significance. (Nov. 9, 2007)

my Grandfather was on Juno Beach but doesn't speak about it... all I heard about his experience in WWII is from my mom. thankful, especially today, for those who fight for our country.

also how fortunate we are

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Originally posted by djdevon my Grandfather was on Juno Beach but doesn't speak about it... all I heard about his experience in WWII is from my mom. thankful, especially today, for those who fight for our country. also how fortunate we are

My grandfather also landed on Juno beach where his closest friend was promptly shot and a fragment of the bullet that killed his friend exited his friend and tore his knee open. He continued to fight and eventually made it off the beach despite dragging his right leg and suffering a life long impairment.

I sure did.

The grandpa that I knew (dad's dad died in '76, before I was born) wouldn't talk about any of the fighting, but he told us all about when the Allies dropped supplies just outside of Den Burg, in Texel (island off the coast of the Netherlands) and most of it was peanut butter. He wouldn't eat peanut butter til the day he died.

He told us he took part in the Georgian Uprising there too. His reasoning for coming here to Canada was the friendliness and help the Canadian troops showed to them when they finally arrived.

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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced My grandfather also landed on Juno beach where his closest friend was promptly shot and a fragment of the bullet that killed his friend exited his friend and tore his knee open. He continued to fight and eventually made it off the beach despite dragging his right leg and suffering a life long impairment.

I consider you very lucky to have someone like that in your life. I'd enjoy meeting your grandfather very much...

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Originally posted by VDub Also guys we can't forget that this day isn't just for the old vets from WWII... We also have to think about our troops deployed right now and the ones who've died in the middle east... Such a sad day...

Yes, it's also a day for every vet in every war that Canada was involved in.

I lost a friend in March this year in Afghanistan. R.I.P. Marc Diab and all the soldiers that fought to keep our freedom and beliefs.

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