If you are reading this in english, then thanks a veteran, if you enjoy the freedoms you have, then thank a veteran.
Please take a moment of your day to remember those who have made tremendous sacrifices and even given their lives in the name of peace, and freedom.
Here's something I found in the paper yesterday:
My flag, my anthem.
When you stand if front of your flag and listen to your antehm, what goes on in your mind's eye? Possibly not much, because there are no immediate attachments.
You do not sense any pride or should I say deep pride. Would you stand there with a tear in your eye and swelling of you chest? Not likely.
There have been no events to make it so. On Rememberance Day, as you stand in front of a cenotaph, what is seen in those memorials that should make you hold your breath? Not much.
Let's say though, that you had been in another country, far away from home. If your life was in danger at the time and you heard your anthem, would it be different in your thoughts? I believe it would, very much.
You would see in your mind's eye the ocean you crossed by ship or air. You would see Canada as you remember from the maps. You would see your city or town or village.
You would see your schools, the corner store, the old man or woman on their porch giving a little wave.
You would see your parents, brothers and sisters or entire family and maybe the girl or boy which you really liked.
You would go back to the earliest age that you could remember.
All this would flash in your mind's eye in a matter of seconds. This is what one thinks about at such timnes when danger is prevalent, such as soldiers at war, people in danger of losing their lives or possibly close to dying.
To this day, as I stand in front of my flag and hear my anthem I get a tear in my eye.
On Rememberance Day, I see all those once young people who stood like me, and even the real tough ones, with that little glitter of a tear, a little sniffle.
That is why there was a certain bonding between these people, even though you hardly knew them and that they came from different parts of the country. You stood together.
After you came back to all the things I mentioned, some of the ones you were standing with did not come back.
There lies the sadness. There lies the reason for your being here today. There lies my reason for talking with you.
Cherish this moment in your thought the next time you see the flag or hear your national anthem.
- Eugene Berton - WWII Veteran
Please take a moment of your day to remember those who have made tremendous sacrifices and even given their lives in the name of peace, and freedom.
Here's something I found in the paper yesterday:
My flag, my anthem.
When you stand if front of your flag and listen to your antehm, what goes on in your mind's eye? Possibly not much, because there are no immediate attachments.
You do not sense any pride or should I say deep pride. Would you stand there with a tear in your eye and swelling of you chest? Not likely.
There have been no events to make it so. On Rememberance Day, as you stand in front of a cenotaph, what is seen in those memorials that should make you hold your breath? Not much.
Let's say though, that you had been in another country, far away from home. If your life was in danger at the time and you heard your anthem, would it be different in your thoughts? I believe it would, very much.
You would see in your mind's eye the ocean you crossed by ship or air. You would see Canada as you remember from the maps. You would see your city or town or village.
You would see your schools, the corner store, the old man or woman on their porch giving a little wave.
You would see your parents, brothers and sisters or entire family and maybe the girl or boy which you really liked.
You would go back to the earliest age that you could remember.
All this would flash in your mind's eye in a matter of seconds. This is what one thinks about at such timnes when danger is prevalent, such as soldiers at war, people in danger of losing their lives or possibly close to dying.
To this day, as I stand in front of my flag and hear my anthem I get a tear in my eye.
On Rememberance Day, I see all those once young people who stood like me, and even the real tough ones, with that little glitter of a tear, a little sniffle.
That is why there was a certain bonding between these people, even though you hardly knew them and that they came from different parts of the country. You stood together.
After you came back to all the things I mentioned, some of the ones you were standing with did not come back.
There lies the sadness. There lies the reason for your being here today. There lies my reason for talking with you.
Cherish this moment in your thought the next time you see the flag or hear your national anthem.
- Eugene Berton - WWII Veteran
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