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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old

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A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole,
It does not look likely to a stir a man's soul,
'Tis the deeds that were done 'neath the moth-eaten rag,
When the pole was a staff, and the rag was a flag.
- Sir Edward Hamley (27 April 1824 – 12 August 1893)
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January 11
1902: Canadian Field Hospital concentrates at Halifax in preparation for departure to South Africa.
1942: Soviet troops reopn narrow supply corridor to beseiged Leningrad
1957: HMCS Magnificent arrives in Port Said with the main body of the Canadian contribution in troops and materiel to the United Nations Emergency Force controlling the Israeli-Egyptian border.
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