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90 Years After World War IOn Remembrance Day, November 11th, take time to remember those who sacrifices their lives for our freedom. So much has changed in the near century since the end of the "War to End All Wars". But it wasn't: World War II, Korea, Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, Iraq and the Cold War among others followed. Because Britain entered the war, as a Dominion of the Empire, Canada had little choice but to follow; it took until 1982 for Canada to have her own constitution and charter of rights. Dependence caused Canada to enter, independence was one of the lessons learned on the battlegrounds. The 1917 Vimy Ridge victory has often been quoted as when Canada truly became Canadian. All nine provinces (at the time) fought along with Newfoundland (who joined confederation in 1949) under a Canadian commander. It is a soldier who died during this battle that was interred in Canada's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
John McCrae, a Canadian Army Medical Corp officer penned the famous Canadian poem, "In Flanders Fields", while fighting in World War I. The poem was first published in 1915. McCrae died of pneumonia in 1918. Every school child learned that poem by heart and recited it on November 11th so the youth did not forget the sacrifices of the older Canadians. War is hell! The soldiers who sacrificed, whether we agree with the war or not, should be remembered. |
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