Category Archives: Remembrance Day

Lest We Forget

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Gwen

This was the first year in quite a few that we have not headed out to the Remembrance Day ceremony at Victory Square in downtown Vancouver.  I felt a little guilty about that until Aidan stood up and sang Oh … Continue reading →

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Remembrance Day at Elementary School

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Gwen

One thing that always gets me about elementary schools in Canada is their links to the past and especially to Remembrance Day. While I don’t really like the references to war and to the death the wars represent, I think … Continue reading →

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Lest We Forget: 2012

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Gwen

Since Aidan was 4 we have taken the kids to the Remembrance day ceremonies at Victory Square. I would have brought him earlier but at 3 I had a 3 week old baby and I really wasn’t up to it. … Continue reading →

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Lest We Forget

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Gwen

 
I always feel a sense of sorrow and gratitude on November 11th. I know that my great grandfather went to war when he didn’t have to so that less of Canada’s young men needed to go. My grandfather was in … Continue reading →

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