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Vetran's Day/ Poppies



    Well there you go, no mention of Montreal at all.  I guess someone got their research confused.  Unless you know something that isn't mentioned in that article Marc.

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mtl-Marc 
  To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
  Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 05:32 PM
  Subject: RE: Vetran's Day/ Poppies



  <<http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/mccrae/ea
  rlyyears>>
  "Born in Guelph, Ontario, on November 30, 1872, John McCrae..."

  Cheers.

  Marc

  > 
  > 
  >     The "Canadian Moments" TV spot has Col John McCrae as 
  > being from Montreal but I can't remember if he was born there 
  > and lived in Guelph or born in Guelph and lived in Montreal 
  > for his time in the war.  Either way there is a house on 
  > Water Street between Gordon and Edinburgh dedicated to him 
  > and I went to the elementary school named after him back in 
  > the 80's.  It's worth a visit if you have any sentiment 
  > towards the wars and the lives that influenced it's events.  
  > I understand that not everyone does.  Though I won't advocate 
  > war, those two wars were truly honorable.  I doubt this one 
  > will have the same value in 40 years.
  > 
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  >   ----- Original Message -----
  >   From: C Boyko
  >   To: Daun Yeagley
  >   Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
  >   Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 04:57 AM
  >   Subject: OT: Vetran's Day/ Poppies
  > 
  > 
  >   I'd been talking to one of the US lister's about 
  > Remembrance day and why it
  >   is that Canadians wear poppies to remember those who 
  > served. Sadly, the
  >   numbers of WWII Vetrans are quickly dwindling, and WWI vets 
  > are no longer
  >   present at our ceremonies of Remembrance. This poem was written by a
  >   Canadian field surgeon, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae MD, 
  > who had spent 17
  >   days patching up the injured at Ypres, and exhausted, sat 
  > down and wrote
  >   this poem. It has become part of the Canadian national 
  > fabric, and is the
  >   reason we as Canadians wear a poppy as a symbol of respect 
  > and remembrance.
  > 
  >   In Flander's Fields
  > 
  >   In Flander's fields the poppies blow
  >   Between the crosses row on row,
  >   That mark our place; and in the sky
  >   The larks, still bravely singing, fly
  >   Scarce heard amid the guns below. 
  > 
  >   We are the Dead. Short days ago
  >   We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
  >   Loved and were loved, and now we lie
  >   In Flanders fields. 
  > 
  >   Take up our quarrel with the foe: 
  >   To you from failing hands we throw
  >   The torch; be yours to hold it high. 
  >   If ye break faith with us who die
  >   We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
  >   In Flanders fields. 
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 
  >   Cathy
  > 
  > 
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