N'oublions Pas / Lest we Forget

Another year and another day to pay tribute to those courageous, selfless men and women who served/serve their country.  Truly, though, we should honor them all year round.   

Whenever I see a troop, I feel honored, even emotional.  That these individuals are ready to give up their lives to help make the world a safer, freer place fills me with respect and awe. 

Canadians often sport artificial poppies prior to and on Remembrance Day.  Red ones are to remember those who died and white ones—this I’m new to—“campaign for non-military interventions in conflict situations”.  Poppies, as an FYI, were plentiful on battlefields; hence, the practice.

So, come November 11th (the 11th of the 11th month), at the 11th hour—the date and time when WWI  ended—let’s take two minutes to remember all those courageous persons who laid (and continue to lay) their lives on the line for us. 

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.

(In Flanders Fields by John McCrae)

God Bless.