Members of the Retirees Chapter helped the residents of The Twin Pines Village Co-op observe Remembrance Day today. These are some of the Readings from the ceremony

Photos from the Ceremony can be found in the Gallery at http://www.local27retirees.ca/gallery/16 ~

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IN FLANDERS FIELDS By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae

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 fields

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“They shall not grow old, as we who are left grow old.

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

We will remember them”

• Laurence Binyon

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UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN A SOLDIER by Clive Sanders

Unless you've been a soldier,

You just won't understand.

The things that we have seen and done,

In the service of our land.

We have trained to live in combat,

To cope with awful sights.

They shouldn't be seen by anyone,

And keep you awake at nights.

We don't discuss the wounds we have,

To the body or the mind.

We just put our hurts behind us,

And turn our memories to blind.

We are proud we served our country,

And remember those we lost.

For the freedom that you have today,

They paid the awful cost.