I remember absolutely loving our Remembrance Day assemblies at school. I love the sound of bagpipes and the look of Mounties in Uniform. I loved the opportunity to reflect on those who faught for our freedom. I was great listening to the music and hearing stories. At my highschool usually some students put on a play, which usually made me cry. I always left sad but happy at the same time.
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Hey there Janine. I can relate to your experience as we always had GREAT assemblies to mark this day and I ALWAYS cried. I even cried today as I just think about all those young men and women leaving their families. Some to return but some never to come home again.
I continue the tradition of planning the great assemblies to mark this day by planning the assembly for our local elementary school. Something my husband and I started about 15 years ago. My favourite one included a slide show of the school's students and the community with Louis Armstrong singing "What A Wonderful World" There were about 400 people there and everyone cried, the principal, the teachers, the parents, the kids, and the veterans. The school and district office received many letters afterwards to express thanks.
Remembrance Day is still VERY important to Canadians and we MUST remember in order to continue to enjoy what others gave us.
Good evening Jenna.
I know what you mean about being moved by Remembrance Day ceremonies. It means even more today because Canada is actively at war again and we can all relate to what is happening in Afghanistan in a way that our parents could not with the Second World War or the Korean Conflict. I remember my father and grandmother talking about standing in line outside theatres to watch newsreels during the Second World War. Aside from rationing, and they did not suffer much because they lived on a farm, the war seemed very far off from them when the only news you got were the newsreels with out dated footage on them. A far cry from cell phones with built in video and cameras today. Here is a link to a website with a newsreel so you can see, if you wish, how Canadians found out about the war. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081107.wvdieppe_reels1107/VideoStory/VideoLineup/News
Thanks Judy and Rod. Just to let you know this is Jenna's blog and not Janines. I'm glad that I'm not the only one that gets emotional at Remembrance Day assemblies.
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