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   Trish to Dancetime DJ Services   
   Re: Lest we forget   
   11 Nov 09 14:33:27   
   
   From: shadodanzer@gmail.com   
      
   Let's hope as the years go by that people know how important remembering is.   
      
   It wasn't until I heard the words "91 years" today that it really struck me.   
      
   We have all grown up considering the Great Wars as "recent" history and keep   
   these people in our hearts always.   
      
   Trish   
      
   "Dancetime DJ Services"  wrote in message   
   news:4afac4d6$0$5349$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net...   
   > "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."   
   >   
   > 116,000: That's the approximate number   
   > of Canadians who have made the ultimate   
   > sacrifice as soldiers or peacekeepers. About   
   > 1.4 million more have served along with them over the years.   
   >   
   > "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."   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > We remember those that fought, made the ultimate sacrifice, and those that   
   > serve to maintain the peace.   
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