Velvet Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Friday is Rememberance Day. I'm not sure why I started going, but every year I go to the War Memorial here in Ottawa for the Rememberance Day Ceremony at 11am. It's not like I'm from a military family (though apparently my grandad did some cooking in the Air Force) or have some thing for war, but every year I stand there quietly in the chill as the planes fly overhead and the guns fire off and think of how shitty it would have been to be laying in a trench somewhere trying not to get shot, and, well, it's worth going.Anyway, if you haven't been and you can get there, I recommend you hit it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveThe Owl Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 My family came over to Canada from Holland after WWII, so it's something of a must for us. Unfortunately, I have to work so I'll be missing the observances at the Cenotaph here in Ottawa.I think Remembrance Day should be a stat holiday. I mean nothing open. Except, maybe the pubs. Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 (though apparently my grandad did some cooking in the Air Force) I never knew your last name was Costanza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 I never knew your last name was Costanza He mentioned Air Force, not Army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 too bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Good call Velvet, I've been going most years since I came to Ottawa as well, it's well worth the time.ad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 I used to take Wilson when I lived in the city...I'd go today but my license is suspended untill Monday and I'm off the bus lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyB Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 When I was in Ottawa from 1994-1997 at Carleton I went to every Remembrance Day Parade. Actually it doesn't matter what city I'm in I nearly make it to the parade (Minus 2001 when I went to State College to see Bob Dylan).We do not do enough to honour the veterans of Canada. They shouldn't have just one day on November 11, they should have many more. Days like June 6 (D-Day), May 8 (Victory in Europe Day) and/or August 10 (Victory Day over Japan) are just a few other days we should take a moment and remember what the Greatest Generation did for us.It has now been 60 years since the end of World War II, those brave veterans that still remain are getting smaller and smaller in numbers each and every year. They need us now more than ever, and when they are gone we still must never forget.Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooly Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 i totally agree that nov 11 should be a stat holiday, they complain that no one comes to the parades, well thats because most of us have to work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyB Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Everybody should not forget that if Remembrance Day falls on a weekday that many large cities with a large population of veterans, there is often a parade on the Sunday before or after Remembrance Day.This year Hamilton had it before on November 4th. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 most of us have to work my company just switched the policy on this, we can now take nov 11 in lieu of one of our shutdown days on the xmas break. so we can substitute it, no questions asked or confirmations needed from managers. but it'd be nice if it was an actual stat.ad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 I think Remembrance Day should be a stat holiday. I mean nothing open. Except, maybe the pubs. Maybe.You know, going to the cenotaph and then off to a pub for a pint in rememberance is not a bad idea. I'm going to try to make it out to this this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 I heard the Daniel Lanois has some musical opening that day at the War Museum. I haven't fact checked that yet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 I just fact-checked and it's David Langlois! hahaha. Well, it's still a musical. I just wish Larry David and Schwimmer were starring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 According tohttp://www.daniellanois.com/calendar.htmhe'll be in California on Friday. And according tohttp://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/programmes_e.htmlFriday will featureMusical PerformancesEnjoy music for remembrance as well as a medley of wartime tunes, commemorating the end of the Second World War. Performances by local musical groups Men's Voyces, Grey Jazz, and the Governor General's Foot Guards Band.Location: LeBreton Gallery, 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted November 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 The ceremony will still be at the War Memorial where it always is, and not at the new War Museum, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingstoned Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 THERE ARE NO POPPY'S IN MARKHAM. I work in Markham and wherever my lunch, gas, whatever travels have taken me I did not find a POPPY - I got one downtown but have since lost it and want a replacement I think they should be in more places in Markham!! That's all for today. I am heading downtown after work and will be getting a new poppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 I once took part in a Polish war veteran parade in Ottawa (representing the Polish Scouts) and laid a wreath at the foot of the memorial with the Ambassador from Poland. It was quite a moving experience to be in the presence of about 100 Polish war veterans. Just thinking about what they had to go through makes me shiver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backbacon Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 I think it should be a holiday too. I really miss not connecting the way I had in the past at the school ceremonies. I would go if I had the day off. I would not abuse the day.At Elementary school and then high school a very good presentation would be put together. Best county wide. Very moving stuff profiling many of the fallen soldiers from the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 today at the mall i saw a fashion show/remembrance show. it was a little odd! they had people dressed in various military outfits, then they would walk the stage, and someone would announce how many of these particular soldiers had died. it seemed strange to me that they were playing it off as entertainment (fashion show). then again, i suppose it was in hopes of making people listen/watch/think, who otherwise might not have? i'm thinking of hip mall hopping teenagers here...but to tell the truth, it was pretty much a bunch of seniors sitting there watching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted November 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Now, that's odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 I really think this is an important holiday.But I'm not sure why it's a holiday at all. Generally you spend holidays celebrating something rather than mourning or remembering someone, with a few exceptions. But in the US do people spend Martin Luther King Day going on shopping trips, talking about getting wasted at noon or sitting on their lazy arses except for 1 minute at 11:11? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted November 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 I've often wondered why they call it Good Friday when that's the day their savior was murdered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Looks like it is at the War Memorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted November 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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