Veterans/Remembrance Day...

[Panache]

In the spirit of Veteran's Day.

To all our kilted members of X marks the Scot who are current or former members of our armed forces.

Let me offer a simple but heartfelt Thanks for all you have done, do, and will continue to do in the service of our country.

Respectfully

[nixphotography]

Here, Here! I second that.

Thank You!

Brett

[corbinj]

Me, also thanks guys. Thanks alot.

[macwilkin]

Tomorrow is not only Veteran's Day, a day to honour all veterans, but also the 88th anniversary of the end of the First World War, 11 November 1918.

Sometimes those veterans who have no one to speak for them, soldiers from past wars, tend to get lost in the ceremonies of Veteran's Day. For them, and for all who have served in the cause of freedom:

In Flanders Fields

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.

-- Lt. Col John McCrae, Canadian Army & Scottish-Canadian

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub...irstwar/mccrae

This is dedicated to those who have no voice...Lest we forget.

Regards,

Todd

[davedove]

Tomorrow is not only Veteran's Day, a day to honour all veterans, but also the 88th anniversary of the end of the First World War, 11 November 1918.

Both of my grandfathers were WWI Navy vets. Both passed away many years ago. I just saw on CNN that there are fewer than 25 Amercans veterans of WWI still alive. We will have lost them all soon.

Let us never forget.

[Tattoo Bradley]

Those WWI (and WWII for that matter) vets are probably twice the man I'll EVER be. Few people get higher respect from me.

[McClef]

We call it Armistice Day over here.

And the closest Sunday is Remembrance Sunday when services take place at every war memorial. The big one is held at the Cenotaph in London with the Queen leading the Nation's, and the Commonwealth's homage.

Always very moving and you can guarantee a few kilts too.

[macwilkin]

We call it Armistice Day over here.

And the closest Sunday is Remembrance Sunday when services take place at every war memorial. The big one is held at the Cenotaph in London with the Queen leading the Nation's, and the Commonwealth's homage.

Always very moving and you can guarantee a few kilts too.

Really? All of the expats here in Missouri (St. Louis & Springfield) refer to it as Remembrance Day. Armistice Day was the original American name for the 11th of November.

T.

[davedove]

The National Marine Corps Museum was dedicated today. During the dedication, President Bush announced the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor to Corporal Dunham, only the second to be awarded for the War in Iraq.

His story is here:
http://www.jasonsmemorial.org/

I salute a fallen hero and my prayers go out to his family and friends.

[McClef]

Really? All of the expats here in Missouri (St. Louis & Springfield) refer to it as Remembrance Day. Armistice Day was the original American name for the 11th of November.

T.

It keeps getting a name change. It was Armistice day then it became Remembrance day then when it began to observed as well as Remembrance Sunday again it became Armistice Day to differentiate the two.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Sunday