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I don't think you find many, if any, of us that served over there, that would call it anything else but a war.
Remembrance or Veterans?
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Acknowledging all of MSM's other sins, to be fair, I wonder where else they could have picked up that term, or variations on that theme?
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All that said, though ...
Agree with the idea - this whole mixing a week to remember vets around 11 November just muddies the waters - as well as they why it won't likely happen.
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I seem to recall reading somewhere that at one point Canada actually had a Veteran's Day.Acknowledging all of MSM's other sins, to be fair, I wonder where else they could have picked up that term, or variations on that theme?
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On January 4, 2006, President George W. Bush makes remarks on the global war on terror to an audience at the Pentagon, following a Department of Defense briefing with Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, General Peter Pace...www.georgewbushlibrary.gov
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Agree with the idea - this whole mixing a week to remember vets around 11 November just muddies the waters - as well as they why it won't likely happen.
Sometime in late spring or early summer if memory serves.
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The big reason WWI and WWII captured the national interest is because there were few Canadians that didn't personally know someone that had served or been killed.
Around 40000 Canadians served in Afghanistan. That's about on for every million Canadians, meaning most Canadians have zero connection to the war. Particularly now that the war ended, for us, a decade ago. I'm not sure there is much the Legion can do make people care.
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These might be the closest.
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I think you meant one in every thousand?
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I believe it was actually prior to WW IIThese might be the closest.
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Although a US article, their Memorial Day is like our Remembrance Day, I agree:
Monday is Memorial Day, a holiday celebrated throughout the United States with barbecues, music festivals, and children running through sprinklers. All those traditions are wonderful. But my husband, a veteran, has one request: Don't treat Memorial Day as a day to honor our troops currently serving in the military. It's not a day for them. As the word "Memorial" tells us, it's a day for remembering and honoring those who sacrificed their lives in battle and are no longer among us.
All those men, and some women too, who died in Vietnam and every war before and since, didn't get the chance to bring up their children, or grow old with their spouses, or have careers. All they have is their names on the Wall, or another memorial like it, and a triangular folded flag for their families.
So go ahead and thank our veterans and support our troops on every other day. Save Memorial Day for remembering and honoring those who never had the chance to become veterans. This one day a year is all they and their loved ones have left.
Memorial Day is much more than the official beginning of summer.
Monday is Memorial Day, a holiday celebrated throughout the United States with barbecues, music festivals, and children running through sprinklers. All those traditions are wonderful. But my husband, a veteran, has one request: Don't treat Memorial Day as a day to honor our troops currently serving in the military. It's not a day for them. As the word "Memorial" tells us, it's a day for remembering and honoring those who sacrificed their lives in battle and are no longer among us.
All those men, and some women too, who died in Vietnam and every war before and since, didn't get the chance to bring up their children, or grow old with their spouses, or have careers. All they have is their names on the Wall, or another memorial like it, and a triangular folded flag for their families.
So go ahead and thank our veterans and support our troops on every other day. Save Memorial Day for remembering and honoring those who never had the chance to become veterans. This one day a year is all they and their loved ones have left.
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I haven't heard about that, but, until 1919, Canadians celebrated Paardeberg Day (27 February) "to commemorate the country’s war dead."
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