Starbug Posted November 7, 2008 Author Share Posted November 7, 2008 (edited) That sounds interesting you have a link to the story The magazine After The Battle published a photographic history of the site following the repatriation of Canada's Unknown Soldier in 2000, which included a ceremony at the Vimy Memorial. One of these photographs depicted the memorial's most notorious visitor: Adolf Hitler. On June 2, 1940, as his armies were conquering France, Hitler personally toured the Vimy Memorial and its preserved trenches. Hitler had been twice decorated for bravery as an infantryman during the Great War and saw combat in the general vicinity of Vimy, often against Commonwealth soldiers in similar trenches. While the German leader had no qualms about destroying culturally significant locations in France including many French war monuments which were torn down by the Nazis, the Vimy memorial carried no messages of Allied triumph over Germany. So it was protected by Hitler, who assigned special units of the Waffen SS to guard the monument from defacement by regular German Wehrmacht soldiers. University of Ottawa historian Serge Durflinger notes that "Hitler admires it immensely, he says so at the time. As a result, the Germans respect[ed] the memorial all through the war." wiki edit: from http://www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca/galwar...galwarvimy.html Edited November 7, 2008 by Starbug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keano8 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 great thread. remembrance day assembly tomorrow at school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 My favorite tribute to those who gave their lives is a song called The Green Fields of France, also known as the Ballad of Wille McBride. This particular version features the great Irish tenor, Ronan Tynan. It always hits home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.K. Chesterton Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 November Ghost Written by Bill Mallonee i should have kept kept that shot of you turning up that bottle of scotch and all of these rafts and pontoons shimmer beneath normandy moon here is where the voice leaves off lungs collapsing sputtering cough and as our crafts hit the shore and we scramble to remember what for always one more never the last fresh off the farm into a bullet's path another sad letter another grim post another november ghost you can touch the face of fate when your blood saturates the beaches were never fully cleared dropped it into fifth when the clutch gave up i was too high to die but down on my luck never saw your pain when i was twenty five it's the curse of youth to be so blind always one more never the last fresh off the farm into the looking glass ________________________________________________________________________ Lest we forget... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks.brad Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 /tear For some reason I'm like the only guy sporting a poppy around the office this year im wearing one again this year. i dont know, it just seems right to. to the people who gave their lives, thank you mmm i found my sig that i made last year lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtis Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 (edited) Well I'm kind of shocked that there isn't a thread yet, but I'd like to say that i bought my popie today and that im going to proudly wear it at all times . Thoughts? Edited November 9, 2008 by kurtis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Hodgson Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 (edited) Lest We Forget Edited November 9, 2008 by C.Hodgson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
٩(-̮̮̃ -̃)۶ Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 I'm gonna wear my poppy tomorrow and monday and tuesday and wednesday Why not Thursday? You don't like Thursdays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollarAndADream Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Lest we forget. Ive been wearing a poppy since Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Luongo!!! Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Lest We Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom52 Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 one of the soliders from my town was on the Coach' Croner tribute tonite. R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
٩(-̮̮̃ -̃)۶ Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 (edited) Lest We Forget. Edited November 9, 2008 by Kael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Hodgson Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Lest We Forget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auximenes Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 wasn't there another thread on this earlier with pictures of memorials and the like anyways, Lest We Forget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGillis58 Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 I forget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewah Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 I've bought 5 poppies and lost them all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks.brad Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 it was under a more creative title http://forum.canucks.com/index.php?showtopic=214673 been wearing my poppy since wednesday rip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootOut4 Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 There is already a thread, and frankly, its way better than this one: http://forum.canucks.com/index.php?showtopic=214673 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckyHermit Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Lest we forget. I've been wearing a poppy in public since November 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syndicate Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Lest We Forget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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