Comments on: November 11, 1918: Lest We Forget http://matadorpulse.com/lest-we-forget/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:29:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Eva http://matadorpulse.com/lest-we-forget/comment-page-1/#comment-1265 Eva Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:41:23 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=322#comment-1265 Hey, thanks for that, Hal! I enjoyed your mom's post. World War One is a pretty big deal up here, too - in large part because there's a whole historical narrative that's been put in place (well, that's maybe a little cynical) that positions the Great War as "the forging of the Canadian nation" - our coming-of-age, etc. It was the first major endeavour we went into as Canadians, rather than Brits, in a way. I've always found it more emotional than the second war because of the innocence of everyone going in. Ever seen any old film of prairie farm boys loading into trains grinning and waving goodbye? At least in the second war, the people that went overseas already knew going in that war is hell. No one seemed to realize that yet in 1914... Hey, thanks for that, Hal! I enjoyed your mom's post. World War One is a pretty big deal up here, too – in large part because there's a whole historical narrative that's been put in place (well, that's maybe a little cynical) that positions the Great War as "the forging of the Canadian nation" – our coming-of-age, etc. It was the first major endeavour we went into as Canadians, rather than Brits, in a way. I've always found it more emotional than the second war because of the innocence of everyone going in. Ever seen any old film of prairie farm boys loading into trains grinning and waving goodbye? At least in the second war, the people that went overseas already knew going in that war is hell. No one seemed to realize that yet in 1914…

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]]> By: Hal http://matadorpulse.com/lest-we-forget/comment-page-1/#comment-1264 Hal Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:15:50 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=322#comment-1264 Impressive collection of photos. We place so much emphasis on WWII in America (Canada too?), it's easy to forget that for Europe (and its colonies at the time) WWI is a much bigger deal. My mom was in London for the observance yesterday. Here's her blog about it: <a href="http://bridgestolondon.blogspot.com/2008/11/remembrance.html " target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://bridgestolondon.blogspot.com/2008/11/remem...</a rel="nofollow">" target="_blank">http://bridgestolondon.blogspot.com/2008/11/remem...</a></a> Impressive collection of photos. We place so much emphasis on WWII in America (Canada too?), it's easy to forget that for Europe (and its colonies at the time) WWI is a much bigger deal. My mom was in London for the observance yesterday. Here's her blog about it: ” target=”_blank”>http://bridgestolondon.blogspot.com/2008/11/remem...

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