Originally Posted by YYC_BOS_and_Back
I'm at a university here in BOS, and the feel at the school and in the city in general is completely different from any of those experiences. I really think the poppy campaign makes a huge difference in terms of awareness. I think the States pay much more attention on Memorial Day, this Veterans Day (today) just seems to slide under the radar screen.
I've also always thought that there was more of a "rah rah rah we won" feel to Memorial Day than the "thank you" feel I got from the different Remembrance Day ceremonies. I found it a little different this past May, maybe just a different exposure for me over previous years?
Well the whole world is remembering today and our american friends don't care...so typical.
I was in Hull today for business but I managed to finish my morning meeting early enough to see the end of the parad on Parliement Hill. I'm always moved by these old men, that were young at the time and saw so many of their friends felt under enemy fire.
When I was a kid, my father told me of two of his older brothers (family of 17!!) who served during WW II. One ended in Halifax in the kitchen..
but the other was part of a "cleaning" patrol after the take over of a town or village, where they had to visit every single house to make sure that there was no german snipers left behind... He came back, but he never talked about it. My thoughts are for him today...