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What Remembrance Day Means to Me

As Remembrance Day approaches, I begin to feel a little more solemn. The poppies pinned on jackets and sweaters reminds me of the great sacrifice of our soldiers. Remembrance Day marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918. This

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The Poppies Grow

In Flanders fields the poppies grow, With heads bent sorrowfully in the snow. In Flanders fields the poppies cry, With tear drops falling from hearts’ eye. In Flanders fields the poppies stand, With petals raised to guard sacred land. In Flanders fields the poppies blow and shake, With pride and

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Private Stanley Tyers – Vimy Ridge

My great Uncle Stan joined the First World War at age 17 ½ on February 9, 1916. I imagine that he came home from the office in New Westminster and proudly informed his parents that he was going overseas to join the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force. Doesn’t that sound so

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