Remembrance Day

by Iain Russell

In some way, all of our lives are touched by the sacrifices made towards peace-keeping. The stories passed on to us by parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, are greater than all the medals and ceremonies. Tomorrow morning, coast to coast, we pause together to remember the individuals that gifted a process of freedom. It is something we live everyday.

Is this Menswear will be attending the 11:00am -12:00pm ceremony located at the Cenotaph on the BC Legislative Grounds' east lawn. We are also open for regular hours 11-7pm to continue to offer a community space that imprints the values we stand on guard to protect.

Special remembrance to:

CPL Mary E. Niles (WW2), Trooper Edward B. Niles (WW2), Private Austin B. Niles (WW1), Sergeant Gordon Russell (WW2), Lieutenant Commander Michael Connor (WW2), Commander Glynn Morrey-Jones (WW2)

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.

- Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae