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I wrote this 2 years ago for our Remembrance Day marked on November 11th each year. I dedicate it to our Canadian Troops trying to help the embattled peoples of Afghanistan. FACING EAST A Sentinel faces East Away from City Hall Bronze-clad bold...
Tags: veterans, canada, remembrance, November 11th
The nation marked the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks Friday in ceremonies around the country that honored the nearly 3,000 people who died and the heroes who rushed forward to help. Bells tolled throughout New York City as...
Tags: 9/11, remembrance, obama, usa
As I drove to work this morning, I listened to the ceremony from Ground Zero where the Twin Towers stood, commemorating the eighth anniversary of the attacks on America. As the names of the lost were read in the background, the news reporter...
Tags: September 11, World Trade Center, Twin Towers, remembrance, New York City
President Obama is due to lay a wreath, and give an address, at a remembrance event at the Pentagon hosted by Defence Secretary Robert Gates. There, they will remember the 184 people who died when American Airlines Flight 77 struck the building eight...
Tags: remembrance, 9/11
Somber, reflective, poignant and sad, the HBO movie Taking Chance premiered tonight. The film tells the story of the long journey home from Iraq of the remains of an American soldier, killed in combat, and of the Marine Corps officer who volunteered to...
Tags: Iraq, soldiers, remembrance, Chance Phelps, Kevin Bacon, war, veterans