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Originally Posted by redforever
Every year Stuart McLean of The Vinyl Café honors a past veteran. Last year, he relayed stories from various people, about war experiences. All the stories were interesting, but the one that really moved me was one written by Chris Irwin, who went with his parents and family to Vimy Ridge and surprised and honored them with a bagpipe tribute. He had some misfortune in that he forgot to pack in the reeds to his bagpipes. But miraculously, he found some with help from a teacher in the town they were staying. I listened to Stuart McLean reading this story on the radio. You can download it too, I think you would enjoy it. The experience of Chris Irwin is found at about the 23 minute mark of the download. [/B]
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Stuart Mclean is simply fantastic, I listen to Vinyl Cafe every week and have read a number of his book. Last weeks story was very moving, when he played his bagpipes at the end I started to well up.
There is a story titled "Remembrance Day" from a couple of years ago. The story is about Corporal Eddie Ginger Mathison and the last post card he wrote back home to Canada before he died in the first world war. I've listened to this story a number of times and every time I do I am so overcome with emotion that it has brought me to tears.