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Vetran's Day/ Poppies
Yeah, I should have given you the main index...
Click on "The Young Doctor"
<<http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/mccrae>>
"In 1902, he was appointed resident pathologist at Montr?al General Hospital
and later also became assistant pathologist to the Royal Victoria Hospital
(Montreal)."
There you go!
Cheers.
Marc
>
> Well there you go, no mention of Montreal at all. I
> guess someone got their research confused. Unless you know
> something that isn't mentioned in that article Marc.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mtl-Marc <mailto:marc_scirocco@sympatico.ca>
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 05:32 PM
> Subject: RE: Vetran's Day/ Poppies
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> <<http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firs
> twar/mccrae/ea
> rlyyears>>
> "Born in Guelph, Ontario, on November 30, 1872, John McCrae..."
>
> Cheers.
>
> Marc
>
> >
> >
> > The "Canadian Moments" TV spot has Col John McCrae as
> > being from Montreal but I can't remember if he was born there
> > and lived in Guelph or born in Guelph and lived in Montreal
> > for his time in the war. Either way there is a house on
> > Water Street between Gordon and Edinburgh dedicated to him
> > and I went to the elementary school named after him back in
> > the 80's. It's worth a visit if you have any sentiment
> > towards the wars and the lives that influenced it's events.
> > I understand that not everyone does. Though I won't advocate
> > war, those two wars were truly honorable. I doubt this one
> > will have the same value in 40 years.
> >
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> >
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> > ___________________________________________
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: C Boyko
> > To: Daun Yeagley
> > Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 04:57 AM
> > Subject: OT: Vetran's Day/ Poppies
> >
> >
> > I'd been talking to one of the US lister's about
> > Remembrance day and why it
> > is that Canadians wear poppies to remember those who
> > served. Sadly, the
> > numbers of WWII Vetrans are quickly dwindling, and WWI vets
> > are no longer
> > present at our ceremonies of Remembrance. This poem
> was written by a
> > Canadian field surgeon, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae MD,
> > who had spent 17
> > days patching up the injured at Ypres, and exhausted, sat
> > down and wrote
> > this poem. It has become part of the Canadian national
> > fabric, and is the
> > reason we as Canadians wear a poppy as a symbol of respect
> > and remembrance.
> >
> > In Flander's Fields
> >
> > In Flander's 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Cathy
> >
> >
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