Remembrance Day--Veterans' Day

In Canada November 11 

is 

Remembrance Day

Major hostilities of World War I 

were formally ended at 

the 11th hour of the 11th day 
of the 11th month 

of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice

We continue to 
Remember & Honour

on this time & date

all those who have made 
the ultimate sacrifice(s)

in wars that 

our country has fought in...

STOP & REMEMBER

"In Flanders Fields" is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres. According to legend, fellow soldiers retrieved the poem after McCrae, initially unsatisfied with his work, discarded it. "In Flanders Fields" was first published on December 8 of that year in the London-based magazine Punch.

It is one of the most popular and most quoted poems from the war.   As a result of its immediate popularity, parts of the poem were used in propaganda efforts and appeals to recruit soldiers and raise money selling war bonds. Its references to the red poppies that grew over the graves of fallen soldiers resulted in the remembrance poppy becoming one of the world's most recognized memorial symbols for soldiers who have died in conflict. The poem and poppy are prominent Remembrance Day symbols throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, particularly in Canada, where "In Flanders Fields" is one of the nation's best known literary works. 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Flanders_Fields

  

We should remember those who put their lives on "hold" fighting for our freedom
and bringing peace to our troubled world those who died, those who have survived with physical, mental and spiritual 

 scars ...memories that will not heal.

Pray for 

ALL THE MILITARY  & 

OUR VETERANS

 

In the United States

November 11 

is

Veterans Day

(Memorial Day ~ last Monday in May)

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed Armistice Day for November 11, 1919. In proclaiming the holiday, he said

"To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations."

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Day

With the continued conflicts that we and other countries are trying to 'police', we need to remember the dead, as well as the living... by offering our prayers for them and showing honour to all those who risked their lives now and those who in past conflicts gave their all to defend the countries that we live in.

 

Pray for 

ALL THE MILITARY 

Canada -- the United States & Our Allies

We walked among the crosses
Where our fallen soldiers lay.
And listened to the bugle
As taps began to play.

The Chaplin led a prayer
We stood with heads bowed low.
And I thought of fallen comrades
I had known so long ago.

They came from every city
Across this fertile land.
That we might live in freedom.
They lie here 'neath the sand.

I felt a little guilty
My sacrifice was small.
I only lost a little time
But these men lost their all.

Now the services are over
For this Memorial Day.
To the names upon these crosses
I just want to say,

Thanks for what you've given
No one could ask for more.
May you rest with God in heaven
From now through evermore. 

O Lord Our God, 

please protect and bless our troops 

who are striving to make this world 

a peaceful place for all people to live in. 

 Jesus please give them 

the strength and faith

and also,

the armour of YOUR TRUTH

Amen. 

I salute you all.