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| Lest We Forget |
Their names were Belrose, Adair and Schmidt, Lyons, Adams,
Spears and Leonard ... and oh so many with the name Hopkins.
I took the time to visit the Cenotaph in Tobermory, Ontario this weekend in advance of Remembrance Day. The number of white crosses standing in tribute, each adorned with a name, Canadian flag and red poppy, measured the sacrifice this small community made for the future... Our future... My future.
I took the time to visit the Cenotaph in Tobermory, Ontario this weekend in advance of Remembrance Day. The number of white crosses standing in tribute, each adorned with a name, Canadian flag and red poppy, measured the sacrifice this small community made for the future... Our future... My future.
As I walked along beside the crosses, reading names, I offered my abiding appreciation to each and every one of those honoured there and to the thousands upon thousands who also made the sacrifice.
Ode of Remembrance
They went with songs to the battle, they were
young.
Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and
aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds
uncounted,
Theyfell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left
grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years
condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the
morning,
We will remember them.
DJE
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