Remembrance Day2

8/8/2019 Remembrance Day2

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In Flanders Fields...


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the

poppies

grow....


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betweenthe crosses,

row on row ...


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thatmark our place ...


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and inthe skythe larks, still singingbravely, fly...


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scarceheard amidthe gunsbelow ...


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we arethe dead ...


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shortdays ago we lived ...


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l

o

ve

d


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and were loved ...


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and now we lie in Flanders Fields.


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Take

up

our

quarrelwith

ourfoe


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wethrowthetorch ...


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be yourstohold ithigh.


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Ifyebreakfaithwithuswhodie ...


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we shall notsleep ....


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though poppies growin Flanders Fields.


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IN TIMES OF WAR


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Thisscenewasplayedoutinthousandsoftrainstationsas menpreparedto gotowar.


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Many men would never return home.


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Manyofthe menwere badlywounded.


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Soldiers were

not the onlycasualties ofwar.

Over one millionchildren under

the age ofsixteen diedduring the

Second WorldWar.

A brave younggirl named AnneFrank was onlyone of them.


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Women played an important role during times of war byworking in the factories and doing many of the jobs usually

done by men.


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In Europe, especially, food was very hard to get. Each personwas given a ration book that they used to buy their food.

Each person could have only a small amount of meat, sugar,butter, bacon, tea and cheese each week and were allowed

only one egg! Children seldom got candy or treats.


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If you wanted to buy new clothes you had to use COUPONS.Each item was worth so many of these. Every man, woman,

child was allowed 48 coupons per year.

Instead of buying stockingswomen had their legs

painted.

A girls dress cost 5coupons, shoes cost 2

coupons, and boys pantscost 6 coupons.


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During the Second World War,thousands of children were

evacuated from Europe.

Many of these children would

never see their parents again.

Some of these children came toCanada and went home only after

the war was over.


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Men often had to march hundreds of miles to reach the battlefield.


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The sound of the roaring guns often left men deaf for days.


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It was not unusual for men to go without sleep for days on end.


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During muchofthe FirstWorld War

the menhadtofightin

trenchessuchastheseat

Flanders.Thetrencheswereoftenfilled

withwaterandrats.The menwereseldom

dryor

comfortable.


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Soldiersalso dugandlivedinfoxholestotryandstaysafe.


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Many small towns and villages, such as this one inFrance, were destroyed during the fighting.


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Entering small

villages andtownsoccupied bythe German

Army duringthe SecondWorld Warwas a

dangerousundertaking.


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The younggirls

shown inthis

pictureare asking

the

soldier totake theirdolls

thinkingthat he

can keepthem safeuntil the

war is

over.


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Women played an active part in many of the battles that were fought.


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Many battles were fought in the air.


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Many men met their deaths when they parachuted in behind the enemy lines.


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This painting, by Rich Thistle, depicts Billy Bishop who was aCanadian war ace during the First World War.


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Many battles took place at sea.


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Many brave men were lost.


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Soldiers were oftentransported to battles

by large ships.

The soldiers were thentransported to shoreby landing craft such

as these.


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Many Canadians died while trying to reach the beachesduring the D-Day Invasion in France.

Thi i t h


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This picture showspeople celebrating theend of the First World

War. Armistice wasdeclared at 11:00 a.m onNovember 11, 1918.

The eleventh hour of theeleventh day of the

eleventh month is when

Canadians everywherepause to remember thosewho made the ultimate

sacrifice so that wecould live in peace.


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War memorials are acommon sight across

Canada and are oneway that we honourthose men and womenwho made the supremesacrifice so that we

might live in peace.


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The Books of

Remembrance inthe Hall ofHonour in

Ottawa are filledwith the namesof Canadians whogave their lives

during times ofwar.


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On Remembrance Day wewear poppies to help us

remember the horrors ofwar and the many bravepeople who lost their lives

as a result.


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REMEMBRANCE DAY

SERVICES ARE ANOTHERWAY THAT WE PAY

TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHOFOUGHT FOR US.


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DURING THE ONE MINUTE OF SILENCE YOU ARE ASKED

TO STAND AND BOW YOUR HEAD.

REMEMBER THATITIS ONLY BECAUSE OF THESACRIFICE OF SO MANY THATWE ARE ABLE TO LIVE IN

FREEDOM AND PEACE TODAY

ONE MINUTE OF SILENCE

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