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| [Serious] Rememberance Day - A Pittance of Time I know this has been posted here before, but every time I see it I get tears welling up in my eyes
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYlrrAWCTRg
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On November 11, 1999 Terry Kelly was in a drug store in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. At 10:55 AM an announcement came over the store’s PA asking customers who would still be on the premises at 11:00 AM to give two minutes of silence in respect to the veterans who have sacrificed so much for us.
Terry was impressed with the store’s leadership role in adopting the Legion’s “two minutes of silence” initiative. He felt that the store’s contribution of educating the public to the importance of remembering was commendable.
When eleven o’clock arrived on that day, an announcement was again made asking for the “two minutes of silence” to commence. All customers, with the exception of a man who was accompanied by his young child, showed their respect.
Terry’s anger towards the father for trying to engage the store’s clerk in conversation and for setting a bad example for his child was channeled into a beautiful piece of work called, “A Pittance of Time”. Terry later recorded “A Pittance of Time” and included it on his full-length music CD, “The Power of the Dream”.
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|  [Serious] Rememberance Day - A Pittance of Time
You can get lyrics and the French version of the song from his website if anyone is interested. If you want to play it on guitar, it's basically G/C/F/Am, capo 2.
To save the gratuitous "what a rockstar-wannabe wearing sunglasses" comments of past years: he's blind, and that's why he wears them. He was the third blind person in the world to run a mile in under five minutes, was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2003, and has, at the request of Gen Rick Hillier, been to Afghanistan to perform for the troops there during the tour of NHL alumni last May.
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Calgary, AB | Re: [Serious] Rememberance Day - A Pittance of Time 2 weeks ago, we took our Cub Scout pack to the Calgary Museum of the Regiments. They played this video as part of the presentation for our kids. | |
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| Re: [Serious] Rememberance Day - A Pittance of Time Rememberance Day is special for me in a slightly different viewpoint. My Grandfather was a German soldier who was taken prisoner at Stalingrad. He wasn't released from the Russian POW camp until 1950. He came home to a shattered and destroyed Hamburg. After spending a year or 2 trying to rebuild his family's lives, he got fed up and went down to the docks to catch a boat to Argentina. But, the only boat with space left was one heading for Canada. So he took that one. Canada welcomed him, and 2 years later, my Grandmother, Uncle and Father joined him in Toronto. It wasn't easy for them, but he was always grateful that a former enemy country allowed him to start over again. And for him, Rememberance Day was special because it allowed him to show his respect and gratitude for a country which could have easily sent him packing. Imagine this: my Grandfather, a retired German soldier who fought against and killed Canadians in France (he was there at Dieppe), he was a member of the Canadian Legion.
That's the kind of freedom and acceptance my Grandfather came to appreciate as a new Canadian.
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| Re: [Serious] Rememberance Day - A Pittance of Time said by shaner  :Rememberance Day is special for me in a slightly different viewpoint. My Grandfather was a German soldier who was taken prisoner at Stalingrad. He wasn't released from the Russian POW camp until 1950. He came home to a shattered and destroyed Hamburg. After spending a year or 2 trying to rebuild his family's lives, he got fed up and went down to the docks to catch a boat to Argentina. But, the only boat with space left was one heading for Canada. So he took that one. Canada welcomed him, and 2 years later, my Grandmother, Uncle and Father joined him in Toronto. It wasn't easy for them, but he was always grateful that a former enemy country allowed him to start over again. And for him, Rememberance Day was special because it allowed him to show his respect and gratitude for a country which could have easily sent him packing. Imagine this: my Grandfather, a retired German soldier who fought against and killed Canadians in France (he was there at Dieppe), he was a member of the Canadian Legion. That's the kind of freedom and acceptance my Grandfather came to appreciate as a new Canadian. Awesome Story
Thanks for sharing it
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| that is a great story, thanks for sharing it shaner...my stepfather is German...he was alive during WWII, but was only a kid during it (about 8)...their family fled to canada as well, but mainly to get away from the German Nazi's...i never really talk about it with him, but i am sure it was somewhat tough the first few years (people angry with all Germans, despite the fact only the Nazi's were the "bad" ones...many "good" Germans were only fighting in the war because they had to, not because they wanted to...it is nice that many of the allied forces understood this.
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3 edits | said by shaner :Rememberance Day is special for me in a slightly different viewpoint. My Grandfather was a German soldier who was taken prisoner at Stalingrad. He wasn't released from the Russian POW camp until 1950. He came home to a shattered and destroyed Hamburg. After spending a year or 2 trying to rebuild his family's lives, he got fed up and went down to the docks to catch a boat to Argentina. But, the only boat with space left was one heading for Canada. So he took that one. Canada welcomed him, and 2 years later, my Grandmother, Uncle and Father joined him in Toronto. It wasn't easy for them, but he was always grateful that a former enemy country allowed him to start over again. And for him, Rememberance Day was special because it allowed him to show his respect and gratitude for a country which could have easily sent him packing. Imagine this: my Grandfather, a retired German soldier who fought against and killed Canadians in France (he was there at Dieppe), he was a member of the Canadian Legion. That's the kind of freedom and acceptance my Grandfather came to appreciate as a new Canadian. Thanks Shaner, My Father was a Veteran in a similar place. He fought with the Germans against Russia in WW2 to defend Finland from invasion. Different deal different times. They got a good part of Karelia. You know I sometimes feel awkward about it. I'm very proud of my roots. And you should be proud of your family as well they were doing the right thing at the time and it all worked out OK.
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| My mom told me this story years ago, but I think it really shows the truth to life.
In her younger years had a customer at a job, who became a friend. This man was formally a German soldier during WWII, and feeling he was friendly enough with my mom, let her know of his past.
When my mom learned this she refused to talk to the man. It wasn't until he explained the full story she understood. He was merely coming to help his country, and when he was in battle suffered like many soldiers. Like her father (my grandpa), the man had to do what was best for his family, even if it meant death.
I think it's very important to understand, regardless of the nationality or the side your on, win or loose, war causes men to loose a big chunk of who they are.
I know we come away from the great wars with freedom and we need to cherish it.
Btw, I appreciate the posting. I enjoy watching that around Rememberance day | |
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| My grandfather was an RAF bomber/glider pilot during WWII. He was shot down during Operation Varsity, survived the landing, and was one of the first allied forces to get into a German village. While he hasn't gone into much detail - I assume it is too emotionally painful - he always did hint that he was hidden in a barn by a German family. A few years ago he was at a Tim Hortons in St. Catharines and, amazingly enough, actually met one of the people who hid him in the barn. They remembered each other, talked, shared stories, etc. Since then, my grandfather has been more open about his service during WW2, though he still doesn't talk all too much about it overall. For my Grandfather's 84th Birthday I obtained the necessary documents to get him a veteran license plate. During this time, I went through all his RAF documents, his photos, letters, etc. Not only did I see his stuff, but I also went through my Great Grand-Dad's documents and letters from World War 1! Was a very prolific moment, to say the least.
My Granny worked at an Avro Aircraft plant manufacturing the Lancaster. She was very proud of her work and the Lancaster's legacy, right up until the day she died. Both her and my Grand-dad were from East Yorkshire - my Grand-dad from Leeds, my Granny from Brotherton - and the Avro plant in Manchester wasn't too far away for her to contribute to the war effort while my Grand-dad was in the skies over Germany.
I'm very proud of the contributions my grandparents made to their country during WWII. When I think of the sacrifices they made, particularly the fact that my grandfather had to give up his university education, stop playing pro football (soccer to all us here) and be shipped off to Canada to learn to fly... I can't fathom anyone of my generation ever being able to do the same.
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| My grandfather was motorcycle runner. Delivering orders, goods, etc between outposts. I know he was in England but I don't know if he ever made it over the channel to France or Germany. He was sent home after he broke his thumb after he flipped his bike. :P | |
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2 edits | Re: [Serious] Rememberance Day - A Pittance of Time said by Clipper : He was sent home after he broke his thumb after he flipped his bike. :P He was a VERY lucky man as a high number of the motorcycle couriers were either killed or seriously injured !
Father-inlaw lost his lower leg that way . | |
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