Lest we Forget…
Today is November 11th, the day we set aside to commemorate those who have fought and died so that we may live in freedom. The service here in Kamloops was a beautiful tribute, and I fought back tears of thanksgiving for those lives lost, for me, for you, for freedom…
Coming from a much smaller community, the scope of this Remembrance Day ceremony was impressive. There was even a fly-over of a flight Squadron from Slave Lake, AB.
The chorus of bagpipes gave me goosebumps… I could listen to them all day.. such a beautiful sound!! I’ve not heard so many all at once, and they sounded phenomenal!
I didn’t have my wide lens on so I couldn’t capture the whole scope of how many people were in attendance, but there were LOTS!
A grandfather retired from the military tells the story to his grandson. There is such a beautiful story in this photo, a heritage passed on to a new generation of the remembering… may we NEVER forget the wars that have been fought for our present and future…
Readers may also be interested in the writings home from the front of US Sgt. Sam Avery during the Great War (World War I). Fascinating eyewitness history from the hot sands along the Rio Grande to the cold mud along the Meuse.
This blog is an adventure long in the making for me in honor of my own family hero. Letters are posted on the same day they were written from the trenches 91 years ago. Today I found myself staring at my watch counting down the minutes to 1100 hrs.
Long before the Greatest Generation there was the Most Gallant Generation. Stop by and come march along…
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These look very touching! Great photos! Thank you for sharing!
Great pictures Lisa….