lets get students to help us transfer cash to cards for legions and poppies
lets get students to help us transfer cash to cards for legions and poppies
FUREY: The poppy problem is real — but there are solutions ...
https://torontosun.com › opinion › columnists › furey-the-poppy-problem-is...
6 days ago - Let's see how many people are wearing poppies, I told myself. ... None on the college and university students heading downtown. .... don't have the cash on you take one and then make a credit card donation on the Legion's website when you get home. Or if you're just that cash strapped, take one anyway.
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I’m proud to be Canadian, where at least I know I’m free. And I won’t forget the one’s who died who gave that right to me…
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Lee Greenwood wrote this for our Canadian troops and Canadians who rose up for our troops in Afghanistan… and #HighwayofHeroes… Lee was so moved by millions and millions of Canadians stepping up and #HighwayOfHeroes
Millions of Canadians tell fox news off with lee greenwoods proud to be canadian
HIGHWAY OF HEROES CANADIAN RESPONDS TO FOX NEWS
UPDATED - July 1 2013 - 158 KILLED IN ACTION After listening to those disgusting comments about Canada and our proud military by those idiots on Fox News, th...
HIGHWAY OF HEROES CANADIAN RESPONDS TO FOX NEWS
Lee Greewood was so moved by millions and millions of Canadians standing up for their troops and forming the Highaway of Heroes that Greenwood wrote this song for Canada…. SO WHEN FOX NEWS GOT UGLY…. this was Canada’s response….March 24th 2009 - GOD BLESS YOU CANADA #WeRemember #RemembranceDay
LEE GREENWOOD- GOD BLESS U CANADA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckfXr1EHO9U
UPDATED - July 1 2013 - 158 KILLED IN ACTION
After listening to those disgusting comments about Canada and our proud military by those idiots on Fox News, this slideshow shows how Canada honors its fallen heros - who have died in Afghanistan - 155 to date - 151 brave men and 4 brave women each and every time they arrive home in Canada - along the government re-named Highway of Heroes between Trenton and Toronto. On December 30, 2009, along with 4 soldiers, a young female Canadian journalist as also killed. As an adult child of a Navy veteran who spent 5 years of his life on the NORTH ATLANTIC in a small corvette during WW 2 fighting the Nazis, you and all your pals should be ashamed!!!! And I am the very proud Aunt of a nephew Mark who, with a Master’s Degree in War Studies from the Royal Military College in Kingston Ontario VOLUNTEERED to go and serve in Afghanistan. Canadians are justly outraged. …OH …and by the way.. I was never SO PROUD when the Canadian Government made the decision on behalf of Canadians NOT to support YOUR war against IRAQ! That was the right decision as history will show.
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Here's the disgusting Fox news mantra...
Response To Fox News Ignorant Comments About Our Canadian Military and Country
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqJXvLfQQjQ
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Highway of Heroes Tribute
ARTICLE: Canadians rose up- 2007- Jay Forbes had been receiving between 400 and 500 signatures a day in support of the name “Highway of Heroes” but the amount of people signing the petition has rapidly increased over the last few days.
“In the first four days I had 4,500 signatures,” Forbes told CTV’s Canada AM on Friday morning. “But now…I (have) 20,000.” https://www.ctvnews.ca/stretch-of-401-to-be-renamed-highway-of-heroes-1.253817
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Highway of Heroes Tribute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3IutxvltBM&feature=emb_title
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proudly canadian - Patrick LaMontagne Canadian superstar editorial cartoonist and nature lover - and yes we are folks .. yes we are
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#RedFriday QUOTE: From A Visiting U.S. Soldier - While we do have a day to remember our fallen, where I live in North Carolina has nothing like it. Our Memorial Day has turned into businesses marketing sales for the their products and average citizens using it as a day off work to go to the beach or barbecue. The true meaning has been lost. But not in Canada. No. You all understand the sacrifice these men and women have made and choose to stand outside in the freezing cold for hours honoring their memory. Tears streamed down my face as I watched the pride in your eyes as different branches of your armed forces marched past, the claps for the veterans, some in wheelchairs and some barely able to stand as they put their age and pain aside and marched past in formation. It was beautiful.
I will be wearing a poppy every year from now on. I told you it was life changing and I meant it. Your fallen will never be forgotten by this American, no matter what happens. Thank you for being such hospitable hosts and showing me there still is hope and pride in the greats who have walked before us. - thx Charlene McInnis for the care and share- Old momma Nova - ARTICLE
A letter from a visiting USA Soldier- on Canada's Remembrance Day and our Poppy
https://985thejewel.com/2019/11/14/open-letter-to-ottawa-from-a-visiting-u-s-soldier/?fbclid=IwAR32vobY_7fno0-qiANtR-hNiG06SS6aFSouy3-61QXwJNyXbXspYpjq9C8
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our PEI Princess Charlene McInnis badass share.... CBC News needs cleansing seriously.... after all these years... even the youngbloods who dont do hockey are speaking up about #SocialMedia and #MSM getting too caught up in themselves... great quote:
My parents raised me with Polish traditions but moved to Canada–nay, fled to Canada–to give my sister and I a better life. In Canada, we have freedoms and a great quality of life that not everyone around the world is fortunate to have.
Political correctness and cancel culture have taken leaps forward while moving us, a free society, backwards.
People are scared to speak honestly or have different views. Even the slightest amount of patriotism can be construed as racism or white supremacy.
Don Cherry, 85, has just been fired from Sportsnet where he has been hosting Hockey Night in Canada for 38 years. This may qualify him as a Canadian treasure–but not even a beloved Canadian sports host can escape the outrage culture we live in.
His recent on-air rant about the lack of poppies worn around Toronto in which he used the term “you people” has gotten him canceled.
What’s even more crazy is that he was fired on Remembrance Day, for defending the poppy and our veterans.
Not only did I roll my eyes I went on my own little rant.
You people means you people. “You people” meaning the people that come to our great country and don’t assimilate, meaning respect the customs and traditions of this great country.
The people who want our freedom because they didn’t have it back home yet won’t give a dollar to help our veterans who fought for that freedom.
The people that love our democracy, our free speech, our freedom to practice their religion but won’t honor the soldiers that made all of that possible.
Cherry isn’t wrong. What’s wrong is when a Canadian–born or immigrated– doesn’t show the respect that our veterans deserve. ARTICLE:
A response to Don Cherry’s firing from a daughter of immigrants
https://www.thepostmillennial.com/a-response-to-don-cherrys-firing-from-a-daughter-of-immigrants/?fbclid=IwAR2vV98hTIcE0alq6EIn68HEmfw94pmlAb3eV-EvlXskh8BPj5Nwiitfghc
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“At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.” See the photos from the Kentville Remembrance Day service and wreath laying ceremony. Royal Canadian Legion Kentville Branch #006 - ARTICLE
https://www.saltwire.com/news/local/lest-we-forget-hundreds-converge-on-kentville-cenotaph-for-remembrance-day-374744/?location=annapolis-valley
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FUREY: The poppy problem is real — but there are solutions
Regardless, one out of 60 is a very poor showing. The poppy problem is real. We need to work on turning it around.
One thing that keeps cropping up in conversations about the poppy is how we live in an increasingly cashless society. The Royal Canadian Legion knows this, and is working on plans to address it.
“People can donate online and receive a Digital Poppy in the name of a veteran, and share this poppy online if they wish,” says Nujma Bond, communications manager for Legion national headquarters, in an email exchange with the Sun. “It’s another way to complement the traditional poppy campaign, and reach a segment of the population that doesn’t carry as much cash around as they might once have.”
While some will go this route, others still want a physical poppy but hardly ever carry cash on them. It should first be noted that the Legion doesn’t actually demand money for a poppy.
“Donors are welcome to contribute as much or as little as they wish,” Bond explains. “Some people may not be in a position to donate any money at all, and that is also fine — they are still welcome to receive a poppy.”
If you don’t have the cash on you take one and then make a credit card donation on the Legion’s website when you get home. Or if you’re just that cash strapped, take one anyway. And if you’re lucky to have extra money to spare, put more in the tin to cover those who put less.
The Legion also launched a pilot project in Calgary this year, where there were text-to-donate and QR codes on poppy boxes to facilitate digital payments. If it proves a success, it will be rolled out nationally.
I don’t know why hardly anybody on the subway wore a poppy. Maybe some just don’t care or don’t appreciate our history. Others probably kept forgetting to have cash on hand. And then there are those like me who need to think before they leave the house.
All of us, in each of these categories, can and should do better. BRILLIANT ARTICLE
FUREY: The poppy problem is real — but there are solutions
https://edmontonsun.com/opinion/columnists/furey-the-poppy-problem-is-real-but-there-are-solutions/wcm/36e08e7a-7ee7-49bf-a44d-4616642f3eea
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#HeroesAmongUs #FirstNations - #Canada
Was watching incredible Atlantic Canada's tv Eastlink documentaries on our Canadians - and sacrifices and history of our beloved Canada... @ForgedInStone was brilliant... and the greatest War Sniper in history is Canada's First Nations... The Best Sniper Of World War 1 – Francis Pegahmagabow
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-i/best-sniper-world-war-1-francis-pegahmagabow.html?fbclid=IwAR0-8UfjPyeLOqmZF3XtGG9bUoihAqYhRBWb3nh3r0Bnzfu2EPbiq0D246E
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Canadian Forces: A lesson in gay inclusion #RedFriday #loveislove
MONTREAL — While Barack Obama plunges his country into a controversial debate about gays in the U.S. military, he could perhaps find comfort in the Canadian experience which celebrates an anniversary milestone next week.
The U.S. president has promised to repeal America’s policy of, ’Don’t ask, don’t tell,’ reviving a heated debate in his country that has not made a ripple in Canada since Oct. 27, 1992.
On that day Canada’s Federal Court ruled that barring homosexuals from military service violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in a landmark verdict that prompted more openly gay men and women to join the ranks of the army, air force and navy.
In the last 17 years, many have risen to the top in their respective fields — an otherwise impossible feat under rules that once barred the promotion of enlisted individuals who’d been outed.
Luc Cassivi is one of them.
He certainly didn’t talk about his sexual orientation when he joined the Canadian Navy in 1983. He’s now the highest-ranking sailor aboard HMCS Ville de Quebec, a commander in the navy, and he’s no longer shy about who he is.
"I’ve been openly gay for a number of years. My friends and my co-workers know it and it surely has not been an impediment for me progressing," Cassivi said in an interview aboard his Halifax-based frigate.
"I’m not saying that things have always been rosy. There were periods when things were difficult for a lot of people. . . . But I think we’re well past that at this point."
According to the Palm Centre, a California-based think-tank focused on research related to gender, sexuality and the military, Canada is a leader among the 25 countries that now permit military service by openly gay people. Canadian Forces chaplains have been blessing same-sex weddings on military bases since 2005.
Cassivi spent 15 years in tight quarters as a submariner. He said he’s experienced his share of awkward moments and uncomfortable jokes. There were even times he considered leaving the military.
But once the rules changed, he says, so did the culture. Opportunities began to surface. These days, Cassivi says, success is dictated by performance.
"It’s not colour, cultural background, gender or the like. It’s (whether) you are competent at what you do," he said. "If you’re competent at what you do, then the team will take you in and fully integrate you."
Cassivi said coming out with his colleagues merely simplified his life. He doesn’t see himself as a champion for gay rights and says this is the first time he’s ever spoken in the media about his sexuality. What he’s most concerned about, he says, is getting the best out of his crew.
"I try to do the best job I can and if somebody sees me as a role model, good for them. If what I do inspires them to carry on and achieve their full potential, that’s great, but that’s for them to judge, not me."
Michelle Douglas is heartened to learn just how much things have changed for her fellow homosexuals.
The 45-year-old public servant was inadvertently thrust into the spotlight when she was discharged from the military police in 1989 because she was — in their words — "not advantageously employable due to homosexuality."
She had no idea at the time the historic impact her legal challenge would have, but as the anniversary of that fateful victory approaches, Douglas said she’s thrilled to have played a "small part" in the rights movement.
"It was a real turning point for equality rights for gay and lesbian people in Canada," she said.
"To have such an institution as the military now be open to gay and lesbian service members was an important victory."
While she didn’t return to the Canadian Forces, she was pleased to see service members marching for the first time at Toronto’s pride festival in 2008.
Megan MacLean, a spokeswoman for Canada’s Department of National Defence, said the military keeps no statistics regarding homosexual members but says gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people serve in all three branches of the military.
Since the rules changed in 1992, she said, incidents of discrimination and harassment have been "extremely rare."
She touted Canada as a global leader when it comes to inclusiveness. She noted, however, that the Obama administration had not sought any Canadian advice on how to tackle the thorny subject.
#RedFriday #loveislove - from 2015
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1149013.html
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156870514626886&set=a.10152685943101886&type=3&theater
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The Saviour of Rwanda- our Canadian beloved Roméo Dallaire says the truth siren like no other on war... because he was there.... stayed when not one UN/G7/Mainstream Media gave a sheeet... in Rwanda... and nails todays's monsters with integrity, bravery and honesty... from Chronicle Herald... thank u... his book and the movie = Shake Hands With The Devil says it all about United Nations neglect . (In Flanders Fields)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153649960106886&set=a.10152685943101886&type=3&theater
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But it was probably inevitable. Canada’s military history is still studied and cherished by the odd duck like me, but as our Second World War and Korean War veterans die off, we are losing our direct family ties to these conflicts, the last of our large-scale mobilizations. When I was a kid, there were plenty of combat veterans in our family, all of them having fought against Germany or Japan. They’re all gone now. In my inner circle of friends, one has military experience (and that was in a foreign, though allied, service). Public schools and community groups are having a harder and harder time finding healthy, ambulatory veterans willing and able to come speak at Remembrance Day events.
Canada’s military shrank dramatically after the Second World War, and has been shrinking since with only rare infusions of cash and manpower. Our small peacetime military continues to provide honourable service in support of peace and the defence of Canada and our allies. But with barely 100,000 Canadians in uniform out of a population edging toward 40 million, it’s just math. Few of us have a direct tie to the forces or a veteran these days.
Some of us remember anyway, and put on a poppy (or four) because we remember. But many of us were putting on a poppy for someone we knew and loved. And there’s a damn good chance that that person is gone to their reward now. Even for our veterans, it seems, out of sight can eventually become out of mind.
There’s a lot the Royal Canadian Legion can do to turn things around, to build on the bump we saw this year. Like a growing number of Canadians, I don’t really carry cash or coins on me, so some way I could tap a donation with my phone while taking a poppy from a box would be helpful. A sturdier product might help keep poppies visible on lapels, instead of crushed underfoot.
But no one can bring back our departed veterans and the family ties they’ve left behind. They were our true reserves of memory and pride. We’re losing that. And we won’t get it back.
ARTICLE:
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/matt-gurney-don-cherry-was-right-about-one-thing-fewer-people-are-wearing-poppies?video_autoplay=true
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“An 18-year-old boy is carried into the shock ward, and he looks up at my trustingly asking, “How am I doing, nurse?” I just kiss his forehead and say, “You are doing just fine soldier.” He smiles sweetly and says, “I was just checking,” Then he dies. We all cry in private. But not in front of the boys. Never in front of the boys.” ~ June Wandrey, WWII
https://www.facebook.com/HistoricalPicturesNews/photos/a.1739735179372636/2771809149498562/?type=3&theater
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To beloved Uncle Harold - #WWII ... he came home so broken and we lost so much much and so much poverty... we said Uncle ... did we really win the war?
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Do not cry for me, For I am a Canadian soldier. Guardian of the Ture, North, strong and free- Ambassador of the "Red Maple Leaf"
https://www.facebook.com/425749410954026/photos/a.425847450944222/441071376088496/?type=3&theater
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Hank Snow - A Soldier's last letter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23x_Awl78S4
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quote: Bernie M. Farber: It is little known that during the war 16,883 Canadian Jews enlisted — the highest of any Canadian faith or ethnic group per capita at the time #RemembranceDay #honour #Poppy -ARTICLE
https://nationalpost.com/news/second-world-war-hero-pte-devries-exemplified-the-very-best-of-jewish-honour?fbclid=IwAR3v9LS2rJASeGvJd7tehZxs0n7SiUsU8kkI65cHWVQLsfVAF4u8AT8KPK0
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thx BBC: quote: PARTII - But why would someone in their 20s be so engaged by this?
She says the shunning of people over their appearance has a particular resonance for today's young people who are under constant pressure over how they look.
"Social media has a huge influence on how people identify as individuals," she says.
In a culture of selfies and "narcissism", the idea of being blamed for looking unusual or unattractive still has a contemporary relevance, she says.
There is also a sense of righting an injustice. Ms Grigsby says there are many memorials to World War One, with often elegant depictions of heroic soldiers.
But she says there has been an "airbrushing" of the stories of men whose personal struggles continued for decades after the war.
"Memory is a choice," she says.
PART 1
A World War One memorial to soldiers whose story has been described as an unresolved "taboo" is set to be unveiled.
Historian Ellie Grigsby has designed a statue commemorating the thousands of soldiers who suffered terrible facial disfigurements and who often found themselves shunned rather than welcomed back as heroes.
The statue is to be unveiled by descendants of some of the soldiers, at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup, Kent, where many of the men were treated.
Ms Grigsby has researched the soldiers with "broken faces", whose uncomfortable memory she says has been neglected in war commemorations. ARTICLE
https://www.bbc.com/news/education-50167927?SThisFB&fbclid=IwAR1hRU4YOedc35SvnHcItItKKgQd5qfS8bcY-mGwi75PLiV1WqYTHdgrHTk
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oh beloved Richard Blackwolf ... Canadian #Metis Veterans.... what a beautiful deserved recognition... serving and saving our Canada since before 1812 ...we love you so much - ARTICLE
Metis veterans get long-awaited recognition ahead of Remembrance Day
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/metis-veterans-get-long-awaited-recognition-ahead-of-remembrance-day-1.4676863#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=Facebook&_gsc=Knt7ZrN
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quote: The First Special Service Force was officially activated on July 20, 1942, under the command of Lt.-Col. Robert T. Frederick.
The shoulder patch insignia for the unit was a red spearhead, with "USA" written horizontally and "CANADA" written vertically.
Preference for entry into the 1,800-strong force was given to men who had previously been employed as lumberjacks, forest rangers, hunters, game wardens or in similar, labour-intensive jobs. #WWII #RemembranceDay #VeteransDay
ARTICLE Halifax museum honours legacy of former member of Canadian-U.S. Black Devils
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/halifax-museum-honours-legacy-of-former-member-of-canadian-u-s-black-devils-1.4676490#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=Facebook&_gsc=OvynBFi
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Ontario's new war memorial to Afghanistan Veterans unveiled... and it looks to be beautiful and stunning.... ARTICLE
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/ontario-s-new-war-memorial-to-afghanistan-veterans-unveiled-1.4676390#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=Facebook&_gsc=YAk1WiK
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A single red poppy has the soul of a thousand heroes and the tears of a million loved ones...
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156298950596331&set=a.10151275158136331&type=3&theater
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blogged: from Canada with love- Canada Military News- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier- Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (adored her as our Queen and King George VI- Canada loved them so- 1939 vist raised the bar on Canada's love of this Royal couple that lasted still to this day)- their picture is still on my prayer table with our Pope's- the Queen's fittingly is on my fridge because that's where all the kids like it and her smile #RemembranceDay #RedFriday #Poppy
http://nova0000scotia.blogspot.com/2015/11/canada-military-news-tomb-of-unknown.html
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Animals who served our Canada and saved us as well #RemembranceDay
ARTICLE...
https://canoe.com/news/national/from-gander-to-winnie-remembering-animals-who-served-canada
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