11 Nov., 2011 - Remembering the Fallen

Question

Here is the core of a Commonwealth countries Remembrance Day commemoration ceremony. This service is performed here by Canada’s Calgary Highlanders and the buglers of the Ypres Last Post Association at the Menin gate, Ypres, Belgium. At this gate The Last Post and Rouse have been sounded every evening since 1928 (except for the 2nd War years). It is a sort of a shrine of remembrance.

The service performed here consists of:
- The Last Post, symbolizing the death of the fallen.
- Recitation of “The Ode of Remembrance” (We will remember them).
- The pipers Lament (Flowers of the Forest), and
- The Rouse, signifying the resurrection of the spirit of the fallen. -
Take these next ten minutes for your own Remembrance Commemoration and say along with millions of others:

We will remember them

Click here for the ceremony ----> Calgary Highlanders at Menin Gate, Ypres

• We will, tomorrow, moe. The 11th hour of the 11th day we all fall silent in Britain and remember them. - annierats Nov 10, 2011
• Thanks, Annierats. And keep in mind that in parts of Australia, it is already tomorrow. - Moe Nov 10, 2011
• I believe the flower is a poppy. - Gocika Nov 11, 2011
• Thank you Moe , our remembrance day was yesterday , a day when we buried one of four young men killed in Afghanistan. - ray76 Nov 11, 2011

Answer 1

I have just realized that in my original entry above, I did not make specific reference to "Veteran's Day" as the name the United States of America gives to this memorial day in their country. I am sorry for this small oversight on my part.

The partnerships and alliances between The United States of America and the Commonwealth countries I referred to is well known both in history and in the present. It was my intention to honour and remember all the fallen.

Answer 2

Thank you, Moe, for remembering the day for all the Commonwealth and the United States. This day, known now as "Veteran's Day" (formerly "Armistice Day") has been established as a day to honor our veterans.

For students of English, a veteran is the term used to refer to a person who has served in the armed forces of a country. We appreciate our veterans in the US.

Though many of us do no agree with political decisions or strategies pursued by our country's leaders, our support of our troops and veterans is both fervent and constant.

I wore olive drab for six years, counting my reserve duty. My prayers and thoughts are with our veterans and their families and their counterparts in the Commonwealth.

• Well said Dog :) Like you and so many others today I do not agree with many of the decisions to go to war, Iraq, the Falklands etc... The only war that stands out to me that we had to fight was 2nd World war we could not have allowed Hitler to succeed - FELIZ77 Nov 11, 2011

Answer 3

In the midst of our remembrance ceremony we have this week and are today

burying the dead from the obscenity in Afghanistan ,

"I shall remember them ".

• Yo tambien. - dogwood Nov 11, 2011
• Yo tambien. - FELIZ77 Nov 11, 2011