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Rememberance Day
Nov. 11th, 2005 11:06 pmSome call this day Veterans day. I think I am glad that we don't over here.
We remember the veterans sacrifice. We honour them for what they did and we thnk them from the bottom of their hearts for what they did.
But even this vital part is secondary to the true point of the day. It was a point that hit me hardest not when I listened to the quiet, sad words of elderly relatives, nor the solemn hours in history lessons or watching the depressing scenes on television.
No, the point hit me when I went to Normandy and saw the fields of graves.
Today is rememberance day. Today is the day we remember what the world would rather forget. Today is the day we remember, because it must NEVER happen again.
We remember the veterans sacrifice. We honour them for what they did and we thnk them from the bottom of their hearts for what they did.
But even this vital part is secondary to the true point of the day. It was a point that hit me hardest not when I listened to the quiet, sad words of elderly relatives, nor the solemn hours in history lessons or watching the depressing scenes on television.
No, the point hit me when I went to Normandy and saw the fields of graves.
Today is rememberance day. Today is the day we remember what the world would rather forget. Today is the day we remember, because it must NEVER happen again.
