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Cowperson · 11-11-2004, 08:13 AM

"These trees are living memorials of men who died for your freedom." - sign along Memorial Drive in Calgary.

Hug a veteran today.

The Memory Project at the Globe & Mail is a good place to muse:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/series/the_...aign/index.html

I'll be remembering my grandfather, an immigrant gentleman farmer who went back to England for WWI, enlisted as a private and lived to be a Captain, emerging from the conflict in spite of being wounded by gunfire and gas, with the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and the Military Cross (MC).

Below is Riqueval Bridge on the St. Quentin Canal, near Bellinglise, France, likely the morning my grandfather led a charge across, cutting the leads to charges and bayonetting the defenders (as described in his medal recommendation) on Sept. 29, 1918. Saving the bridge allowed the advance to continue. You can still see the wires hanging from the bridge if you look close enough. One time when I was a boy, I asked him about the war and he began to cry. . . . . small wonder.

This bridge is still standing today by the way.

Also, if you see someone stealing from a poppy box as described in this story, kick the crap out of them.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...Story/National/

Remember a veteran today.

Cowperson

11-11-2004, 08:13 AM	#1
Cowperson CP Pontiff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: A pasture out by Millarville Exp:	*"These trees are living memorials of men who died for your freedom."* - sign along Memorial Drive in Calgary. Hug a veteran today. The Memory Project at the Globe & Mail is a good place to muse: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/series/the_...aign/index.html I'll be remembering my grandfather, an immigrant gentleman farmer who went back to England for WWI, enlisted as a private and lived to be a Captain, emerging from the conflict in spite of being wounded by gunfire and gas, with the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and the Military Cross (MC). Below is Riqueval Bridge on the St. Quentin Canal, near Bellinglise, France, likely the morning my grandfather led a charge across, cutting the leads to charges and bayonetting the defenders (as described in his medal recommendation) on Sept. 29, 1918. Saving the bridge allowed the advance to continue. You can still see the wires hanging from the bridge if you look close enough. One time when I was a boy, I asked him about the war and he began to cry. . . . . small wonder. This bridge is still standing today by the way. Also, if you see someone stealing from a poppy box as described in this story, kick the crap out of them. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...Story/National/ Remember a veteran today. Cowperson __________________ Dear Lord, help me to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am. - Anonymous