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<blockquote data-quote="fcukernaut" data-source="post: 160041"><p>This is the one day of the year that garuntees to bring me to tears (that and of course when the All Blacks get eliminated from the WC). I'm not really sure why I get so emotional, as I had no known relatives die in the war. Now, I assume that someone blood related to me did die, it's just no one that I directly knew of. Even since then I've had no one I know die in any war. But I guess I just realize their sacrifice allows me to live the life that I want to live. Every year when I see the number of veterans who come out to the ceremonies dwindle even further, it breaks my heart.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>As a Canadian citizen I owe much to the men who fought in the first World War for the Canadian identity. It was at the battle of Vimy Ridge that a full run and operated Canadian outfit took a previously unattainable territory and in doing so not only gave Canada a new found reputation as some of the best soliders in the war but it was also the real birthplace of our nation. Many historians point to this place in history as a rallying point for the nation and has since taken on as a thing of myth. Of course the subsequent battles also played a significant part in our new found nation. Those who fought in the battle of Vimy Ridge as well as the battle of the Somme and Passchendaele will never be forgotten.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fcukernaut, post: 160041"] This is the one day of the year that garuntees to bring me to tears (that and of course when the All Blacks get eliminated from the WC). I'm not really sure why I get so emotional, as I had no known relatives die in the war. Now, I assume that someone blood related to me did die, it's just no one that I directly knew of. Even since then I've had no one I know die in any war. But I guess I just realize their sacrifice allows me to live the life that I want to live. Every year when I see the number of veterans who come out to the ceremonies dwindle even further, it breaks my heart. As a Canadian citizen I owe much to the men who fought in the first World War for the Canadian identity. It was at the battle of Vimy Ridge that a full run and operated Canadian outfit took a previously unattainable territory and in doing so not only gave Canada a new found reputation as some of the best soliders in the war but it was also the real birthplace of our nation. Many historians point to this place in history as a rallying point for the nation and has since taken on as a thing of myth. Of course the subsequent battles also played a significant part in our new found nation. Those who fought in the battle of Vimy Ridge as well as the battle of the Somme and Passchendaele will never be forgotten. [/QUOTE]
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