In a few days the overpasses on the Highway of Heroes between C.F.B.Trenton and Toronto will again be lined with people waiting to honour the passing of another cortege of hearses carring the bodies of four young Canadian Warriors. Two were killed yesterday Thursday, 19 March and two were killed to-day the first day of spring, 20 March. That now brings the total to 116. These latest young men were all stationed at C.F.B.Petawawa north of Ottawa. My heart and my sympathies go out to the families of these four young men. My tears honour their passing.
116 is a small number in scales of war, but 116 too many for the Canadian community to lose.
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Caw
"I am a Canadian by birth, but I am a Highlander by blood and feel under an obligation to do all I can for the sake of the Highlanders and their literature.... I have never yet spoken a word of English to any of my children. They can speak as much English as they like to others, but when they talk to me they have to talk in Gaelic."
-Alexander Maclean Sinclair of Goshen (protector of Gaelic Culture)
Each time a soldier is killed, Legion member Bill Thompson (USN Ret and Vietnam veteran) places an 8"x10" photo of the soldier on the wall with the name, regiment, home province and date of death.
It's something visitors cannot miss as soon as they enter the legion. And, it's not by accident the pictures are placed that way.
"Reading about names in a newspaper does not have the same impact as actually seeing pictures of the individuals," Thompson says.
"When one actually puts names to faces and you see them every time you come in the legion, it brings it home that these are real people and loved members of a Canadian family."
Thank you. I posted it yesterday under General Discussion when I should have posted it here. Again thank you. As I hear about these deaths it hurts this one a bit more so as she was so young and just 2 weeks into her tour. She never had the chance to live her life. Some times my friend I think it is time for us to get out the price is getting to high to pay for a people who do not appreciate what we are doing.
The last time I posted on this site was April when the number of Canadian dead in Afghanistan was 116. Up until yesterday it had climbed to 126 and now on this the Civic Holiday week-end two more of our young men have fallen to I.E.Ds. The total now stands at 128 with the deaths of Cpl. Christian Bobbitt, 23, and Pvt. Matthieu Allard, 21, both of the Royal 22nd Van Doos.
As perhaps many of you know I am a Veteran and I think from my posting you also know how much I Honour and support our troops, but Canada is a small Nation (population wise) and although to others the number may seem small it is alot for Canada. I am beginning to think it is time to bring our Troops home and let some other slackard European NATO Ally take up the burden. We have done more than our share.
ALL HONOUR TO THE FALLEN
LEST WE FORGET.
Camac.
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