Remembrance Day By: Saranya Theiventhiran
''Up next, we will have General Deborah Godard recite a few words about her experience serving Canada in the Afghanistan War. Daughter of Captains Bill and Nichola Godard, General Godard was the one of the few brave women amongst several men that risked her life for our nation's freedom.''
''Thank You. Today is November 11th. Remembrance Day. A soldier's biggest regret but a citizen's biggest honour . The one day Canada remembers all the courageous men and women that gave their lives to defend our nation. The day Canadians use to salute and acknowledge the soldiers that gave their lives so we can have ours. A day we regard and recall all the innocent that abandoned their
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family and friends for our freedom. A day we use to remember. Just a few moments ago, I placed a wreath on the headstone of an unknown soldier, an unknown friend.
A veteran that died for the sake of Canada's freedom. A veteran that bravely came forward when everyone else backed out to save their lives. A veteran that was once a great father, a supporting son and most importantly a genuine friend. People think that going to war is just signing up for suicide, but all the veterans in the world made a choice. This choice allowed YOU to live safely in a liberated country. The soldiers fought and sacrificed their lives for our happiness, our rights and our freedom. I still remember walking over deceased bodies, over great friends and enemies of mine. Over those innocent people who didn't deserve to die. The sound of mothers' screams when they knew that their children were not going to come back alive, newborns wailing for their parents and the sound of bombs flying over heads of the innocent are still fresh in my mind. I can still see the lives of blameless children flashing before my eyes. Seeing young ones holding newborns, school children with no school and wealthy kids being named as orphans shouldn't be an issue in our world. What did they do? Is going to school and having a family a crime? Just imagine this as your reality while being a soldier. Seeing your family and friends being slaughtered, guiltless children being tortured and risking your life and sanity to go out and brawl for strangers is a veteran's most biggest challenge.
Being a daughter to two soldiers, and now being a solider myself, really made me comprehend the perspective of both sides. By understanding the pain of losing my parents at a really young age, was what sparked my determination to proudly serve and fill in their shoes. Citizens all around the world celebrate Remembrance Day for just a few minutes, a few seconds of silence and then the country's life goes on, but being a veteran in the midst of a war zone Remembrance Day is not something us soldiers, like to talk about. Going to battle with your nearest friends and coming back alone, makes you feel like you're the ones that's responsible. Responsible for not taking care of them. Responsible for letting down their family and especially responsible for letting, them die. We soldiers that come back alive still don't have freedom. Always being reminded of the constant concern that you had that, you might get attacked, the wondering if a vehicle near you is going to blow up and seeing the rage in the eye of every local are some of veterans unforgettable memories. Even a few months after deployment soldiers still suffer through being suspicious, tightly wound and short-tempered. But we are more than grateful to have served and represented this beautiful nation. Soldiers have been awarded medals, added their names to monuments and have buildings named after them to respect their gallantry, but nothing can ever replace the hole left behind by a fallen service member and no number of medals and ribbons can comfort the ones left behind. Today people throughout the country gathered to remember, honour and pay gratitude to those who served our country. You're presence here today and of all the citizens all around Canada is a tribute to those valiant heroes. From the soldiers that shivered and starved through winter, to the soldiers that are patrolling hazy jungles and mountains right this second , we remember and honour them all. God bless you and your families. God bless our soldiers and God bless Canada. Thank You.''
Every 11 hour, 11 day of the 11th month we express our gratitude to those Canadian soldiers who fought courageously in the wars of World War I, World War II and the Korean War. Lest We Forget is a famous phrase that everyone has heard or seen in the month of Remembrance Day. This phrase reminds us daily about the losses of loved ones and the possibilities of declaring another conflict that could hurt millions of people. Canada's war experiences have defined its nation. Due to Canada's numerous contributions to the World War I, World War II and the Korean War, Canada has earned a reputation as an independent strong fighting force, a supportive ally and eventually as a valuable peacekeeping nation.
Approximately 620,000 Canadians fought during the First World War. Nearly 700,000 if we account for the men and women that enlisted in the Canadian units outside of the Canadian Expeditionary Force and in the British forces. Of which, almost 173,000 Canadians were wounded and about 67,000 Canadians had lost their lives by November 11th, 1918. These casualties were devastating in numbers. Canada needed to regain the good faith of its people, despite the fact that it was still a colony of Britain. Canadians knew very little about why the war had started, or the significance of the events that instigated it. But, Canadians were called upon to fight it, therefore now was the greatest need for there to be better compensation for our returning Veterans than ever before. This was the time when the ground work for the Veterans Assistance Programs of today was laid down. Of ...
Good morning, Ms Dowdeswell and 9b, today let us have a look at how much have contemporary historians challenged the ANZAC legend, my hypothesis is some contemporary historians do challenge the ANZAC legend to a great extent. Wait, what is ANZAC? ANZAC is the acronym formed from the initial letters of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. This was the formation in which Australian and New Zealand soldiers in Egypt were grouped before the landing on Gallipoli in April 1915. Everything started with WWI. But, how WWI began? Well, the direct cause of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. However, historians feel Militarism (Main),Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism are the main factors which contributed to the rivalry between the Great powers that allowed war on such a wide-scale to break out. As we know during WWI, Europe was divided into two alliances — Triple Entente (Britain, Russia and France) and
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Americans. To those families and especially my parents I thank you for understanding and standing with us. This day belongs to you as well.
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