Armistice Day – The Afro News https://theafronews.com Voice of Unity Wed, 11 Nov 2020 00:29:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 We Stand In Memory https://theafronews.com/we-stand-in-memory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-stand-in-memory Tue, 10 Nov 2020 08:11:17 +0000 http://www.theafronews.ca/?p=8192 We Stand In Memory

We are wise to acknowledge the hard truths of history and to work for the very values our predecessors, our family members, our fellow citizens fought hard to achieve wherever they came from. The responsibility is now on us to remember and to not take for granted the Canadian values and institutions that support us all.

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]]> Notes on This Remembrance Day 2009 https://theafronews.com/notes-on-this-remembrance-day-2009/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=notes-on-this-remembrance-day-2009 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:41:23 +0000 http://www.theafronews.ca/?p=1700

By Helena Kaufman, Last night I had the strangest dream

I’d ever dreamed before ,I dreamed the world had all agreed ,To put an end to war ,Words and music by Ed McCurdy

What we remember when we are awake in the light of day on November 11 is Veteran’s Day, Poppy Day, Armistice Day and Remembrance Day.

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