By Kai Siallagan
Today we are uploading a special article in observance of Remembrance Day. Today marks the 103rd anniversary of the armistice that ended the First World War. Canada has officially practiced Remembrance Day since 1931, and so this year marks the 90th Remembrance Day in Canada.
As such, we pay our respects to those affected by war, in the past or in the present. Lest we forget those lost and those who have lost as a consequence of conflict.
“In Flanders Fields” – John McCrae
In Flanders 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.