Remembrance Day

This is a picture of my father carrying a flag representative of the United Nations during the Remembrance Day parade. He served in the Canadian Military for 21 years and was posted in Cyprus, Germany, and Norway.

It is important to teach students to take a moment on November 11th, to remember those who fought in wars. These men died so that their children and families and future generations could live in a free country. On this day, we acknowledge their courage and sacrifice and should always remember that our freedom came with a price.

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.

- John McCrae