Reader Response Forum
11/11/2009 05:37
At 11:00 a.m. today,
I shall physically stand before the cenotaph on
St. Anne Street, here in St. Albert to take
part in, and witness the Remembrance Day
services.
My mind however, will be elsewhere. Part of the time it will have me in the Royal Canadian Legion burial plot in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, where I will stand before the graves of my father, Lt. F. J. W. Sinclair and my mother Pt. N. M. Sinclair and salute them. They both served in WWII where my father was wounded in action in France.
It will then take me to another family plot in the small town of Lafleche, Saskatchewan, where I was born. There too, I will stand before the graves of my uncles Marvin, Donald, and Roy who also served overseas in WWII. And I will also stand before, and salute the graves of my two younger uncles who served in Korea. Uncle Benjamin, who I got to know later in life and Uncle Stanley, who I didn't get to know, dead at 33 years of age.
I shall remember that I am here, never having to go to war, because they did so on my behalf. They, and many other citizens, of many other countries, in many other conflicts. I shall remember them all.
When the final sweet notes of The Last Post haunt the still morning air, I will shed no tear, for they would not expect me to do so. I will however, have a very large lump in my throat.
LEST WE FORGET
READER
RESPONSE:
Remembrance Day:
For the second year in a row I will follow those out of the Legion here and march down the street to the Cenotaph for the ceremonies. My Dad was in the navy in WWII on an aircraft carrier in the Atlantic as an airplane mechanic. His two brothers were also in the navy. Luckily for our family they all came home.
Kelly in Entwistle
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Town Hall Meeting:
You guessed right about that Town Hall Meeting: people did not turn up en masse to protest our taxes. What we have learned by now is that nobody listens.
Sadly, there were no young people in the audience at all. Well, with the exception of City Hall staffers. Maybe we need a leadership review?
No Name Please in St. Albert
Town Hall Meeting:
You guessed right about that Town Hall Meeting: people did not turn up en masse to protest our taxes. What we have learned by now is that nobody listens.
Sadly, there were no young people in the audience at all. Well, with the exception of City Hall staffers. Maybe we need a leadership review?
No Name Please in St. Albert
