thank you gents past and present for all of your help, duty, honor and sacrifices. as a long forgotten soldier myself, they deserve and have all of my respect.

You don't have it on the 11th like Canada does??

I'll be at the local cenotaph for the 11AM service on the 11th as it's a statutory holiday in BC.

The UK gets better poppies then we do.

As you can see from my avatar I take Remembrance very seriously. In fact, I keep a poppy pinned to my car's sun visor all year long.

My father fought for the "Loyal Eddie's" in Sicily and Italy, my mother built Lancasters at AVRO in Milton, Ontario, and my uncle joined the RAF in '39 and flew Hurricanes before being transferred to the RCAF where he ended up flying support missions over my dad and his men in Sicily. My wife's grandfather and father served with the British Army at El Alamein and her mother and grandmother were bombed out of three homes during the Blitz, before her mother was evacuated to Canada on the second to last ship, the last being torpedoed and sunk with all hands. All those people survived the war, but not the passage of time, save her mother. Remembrance Day uses up a lot of tissue 'round my house!

Bgrigg wrote:

You don't have it on the 11th like Canada does?? I'll be at the local cenotaph for the 11AM service on the 11th as it's a statutory holiday in BC. The UK gets better poppies then we do. As you can see from my avatar I take Remembrance very seriously. In fact, I keep a poppy pinned to my car's sun visor all year long. My father fought for the "Loyal Eddie's" in Sicily and Italy, my mother built Lancasters at AVRO in Milton, Ontario, and my uncle joined the RAF in '39 and flew Hurricanes before being transferred to the RCAF where he ended up flying support missions over my dad and his men in Sicily. My wife's grandfather and father served with the British Army at El Alamein and her mother and grandmother were bombed out of three homes during the Blitz, before her mother was evacuated to Canada on the second to last ship, the last being torpedoed and sunk with all hands. All those people survived the war, but not the passage of time, save her mother. Remembrance Day uses up a lot of tissue 'round my house!

Ours is the 11th as well Bill and it's called, "Veterans Day" here in the U.S. 

On another note the 10th is the Birthday of the United States Marine Corps. 

Our day of remembrance is like Christmas, one of those federal holidays that does not move to the nearest Monday. It is always on November 11th. Even at the twilight of my career, when good and bad things happen around me, I always stop to be thankful I am one of the ones still around to give thanks.

 Beautiful post. God bless us, all. Friends and allies!!!

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Rob Gronovius wrote:

Our day of remembrance is like Christmas, one of those federal holidays that does not move to the nearest Monday. It is always on November 11th. Even at the twilight of my career, when good and bad things happen around me, I always stop to be thankful I am one of the ones still around to give thanks.

 

 I often wish my life would have kept me in the Army. For whatever reason(s) it didn't. But I wish all the best and all of my love for those who stay/stayed. Rob is a shining example of a good man, doing great things. I pray for him and all of those like him. God bless you all. You are a better man than just the uniform. My hat is off, and I salute. One vet, to another. You and the ones like you, keep U.S. (us) strong.
 My time served was well worth it. For better or worse. May God bless you and your families a hundred + fold.

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