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.
Poppy Day
Notes on This Remembrance Day 2009
on November 9th, 2009
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