Remembrance day

Now i realize that today is 11/11/11 however it's also remembrance day and I feel as if it's important to really look at this day for what it is and to not get distracted by 11/11/11. Remembrance day dates back to the first world war. The war ended in 1918. The Armistice Treaty was signed on November 11th 1918 and the war ended. This is why on November 11th we remember our amazingly brave soldiers who fought for our freedom. At first, we just remembered and honored soldiers from world war 1, then we added world war 2, the cold war, Korean war, the vietnam war and we no longer honor men only, women are now important parts in our troops. The point is that by remembering it's showing our canadian heroes that we not only respect them but remember and thank them. In flanders field is one of the greatest war poems ever, made famous by John McCrae. Who wrote this during the first world war battle in Ypres, Belgium. I'm not gonna bore you with facts about this battle, but us Canadians were creamed. And I mean that almost very literally because the Germans attacked us with mustard gas. Completely unprepared for this soldiers ran from the approaching dark cloud, those who didn't run most likely died because of the poisonous gas.

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 Field.