In Flanders Fields…

[TOM4CWB]

For all those who gave their lives… for freedom and liberty…

God bless each one… we owe so much…

Sacrifice, Love, Self Discipline, We will remember them… Lives so many lives… given for us…

[TOM4CWB]

The cornerstones of our farms and families… Freedom and Liberty… our children are our reason for farming… and their children…

With out families and dreams of our families… our labours on our farm are in vain ….

Blessings and Salutations

[foragefarmer]

Went to a Remembrance Day ceremony today, always very humbling!

Teenagers sacrificing their lives for our freedoms here in Canada!

Hard to imagine what these brave young peoples could have accomplished.

[Landdownunder]

Went to a Remembrance Day ceremony today, always very humbling!

Teenagers sacrificing their lives for our freedoms here in Canada!

Hard to imagine what these brave young peoples could have accomplished.

Yup for sure.

My grandfather and two brothers went to war. One died at Somme other in Belgium.

Grandfather came home.

Father went as a 18 yr old not sure who long training took. Rear Gunner radio operator. Shot down on first mission.

Dad said once search lights locked on they were stuffed had no protection from fighters tried to enter via the back door to avoid detection shot down over Baltic Sea. Then his 2 or 2.5 year sightseeing tour of Germany by foot.

[Guest]

Dads uncle died in WW1 at 21
Look at your kids or grandkids that age ?
Can you imagine ?
Then his father (my great grandfather) lived to be the oldest man in Canada when he died at 109
Long lifetime to outlive your son
War is such a terrible thing

[Guest]

Also worked with an old German fella at the Nipawin dam construction
Hitler stuck him in the drivers seat of a tank on his 16th Bday
Spent 2 years in a Russian concentration camp until he was between 18-19 after the war was over
They surrendered to the Americans and were marched 40 days to be turned over to the Russians
He was one of the funniest , nicest most optimistic persons I have run into
Can you imagine, 16 years old??

[Sheepwheat]

My grandpa and my dad both married and had families at older ages. So my grandpa was born in 1896 and fought for the wrong team in ww1.

Died before I was born, but he would not say a word about his experiences my dad said, not a word. And he HATED guns with a passion. So it was odd that my dad became the hunter he became.

Other than that I have no connections in living family members.

But it is still a solemn day…