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Vetran's Day/ Poppies



Yeah, I should have given you the main index...
Click on "The Young Doctor"
<<http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/mccrae>>
"In 1902, he was appointed resident pathologist at Montr?al General Hospital
and later also became assistant pathologist to the Royal Victoria Hospital
(Montreal)."

There you go!

Cheers.

Marc


> 
>     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 <mailto:marc_scirocco@sympatico.ca>  
> 	To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
> 	Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 05:32 PM
> 	Subject: RE: Vetran's Day/ Poppies
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> 	
> <<http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firs
> twar/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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