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Went for a walk today and found something interesting
by bootlegga on Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:05 pm
Well, I went for a walk after eating lunch today and wound up in the cemetary a block or two from my office (the only green space nearby). So I was walking, enjoying the weather and just wasting time when I came upon some interesting headstones.
I guess there are several rows of World War 1 CEF vets buried there. At first, I thought they had died during Korea, because the first few I saw all died between 1950-53. Then I looked at their ages and realized they had fought in WW1. Men from all sorts of different units and ranks, all mixed together. It was a surprising find, and I'm going to see if there are any medal winners buried there in the next day or two. I'll have to take my digital camera and snap a few photos.
It's amazing, mostly because I've travelled overseas and seen Commonwealth cemetaries all over the world and it never occurred to me to look in cemetaries here in Edmonton...I guess it's easy to overlook what's right under your nose!
Lest we forget!
I guess there are several rows of World War 1 CEF vets buried there. At first, I thought they had died during Korea, because the first few I saw all died between 1950-53. Then I looked at their ages and realized they had fought in WW1. Men from all sorts of different units and ranks, all mixed together. It was a surprising find, and I'm going to see if there are any medal winners buried there in the next day or two. I'll have to take my digital camera and snap a few photos.
It's amazing, mostly because I've travelled overseas and seen Commonwealth cemetaries all over the world and it never occurred to me to look in cemetaries here in Edmonton...I guess it's easy to overlook what's right under your nose!
Lest we forget!
Just another happy Canuckistanian living under the so-called US security umbrella...yes, I'm a sarcastic bastard.
Arnold Schwarznegger on Climate Change - If 98 doctors tell me my son is ill and needs medication and 2 do not, I listen to the 98. The same can be said about climate change.
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Arnold Schwarznegger on Climate Change - If 98 doctors tell me my son is ill and needs medication and 2 do not, I listen to the 98. The same can be said about climate change.
"The Crystal Wind is the storm, and the storm is data, and the data is life." Trent the Uncatchable
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Re: Went for a walk today and found something interesting
by wolfwithin on Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:41 pm
Reading your entry, I thought, "not many would notice something like that" but you did and that shows you got heart! Nice to see! Enjoyed my visit.
**War and abuse make me hurt for the world,
but a rescue that makes the news - gives me hope for mankind...
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by wolfwithin on Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:41 pm**War and abuse make me hurt for the world,
but a rescue that makes the news - gives me hope for mankind...
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Re: Went for a walk today and found something interesting
by Wullu on Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:39 pm
Nice find boot. Question. Were the head stones unique or the standard Commonwealth head stone?
IF YOU DONT STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS,
PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM
by Wullu on Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:39 pmPLEASE, FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM
Re: Went for a walk today and found something interesting
by nanza on Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:39 pm
i love those little red poppies BOOT.....use to stand outside the Post Office on Memorial Day and Veterans Day....once known as Armistase (sp) Day in the US of A to give them out and get donations for the Veterans of Foreign Wars......
in Smallville everyone donated and put them in their button holes...it was a very patriotic and homey place.....oh btb Smallville is a tiny town i lived in in Oregon...806 ppl there......Condon is it's real name.....
sorry i missed your show today...stuff at home....will try to tune in tomorrow....nanza
KEEP ON ROCKIN'
by nanza on Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:39 pmin Smallville everyone donated and put them in their button holes...it was a very patriotic and homey place.....oh btb Smallville is a tiny town i lived in in Oregon...806 ppl there......Condon is it's real name.....
sorry i missed your show today...stuff at home....will try to tune in tomorrow....nanza
KEEP ON ROCKIN'Re: Went for a walk today and found something interesting
by bootlegga on Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:57 am
As you'll see in the two entries I've posted since Wednesday, there is a mix of Commonwealth headstones and unique ones. The Polish and French Army headstones were a very interesting surprise!
Just another happy Canuckistanian living under the so-called US security umbrella...yes, I'm a sarcastic bastard.
Arnold Schwarznegger on Climate Change - If 98 doctors tell me my son is ill and needs medication and 2 do not, I listen to the 98. The same can be said about climate change.
"The Crystal Wind is the storm, and the storm is data, and the data is life." Trent the Uncatchable
by bootlegga on Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:57 amArnold Schwarznegger on Climate Change - If 98 doctors tell me my son is ill and needs medication and 2 do not, I listen to the 98. The same can be said about climate change.
"The Crystal Wind is the storm, and the storm is data, and the data is life." Trent the Uncatchable
RE: Went for a walk today and found something interesting
by Blahgzilla on Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:50 am
Very well said.
Carpe Diem
by Blahgzilla on Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:50 am
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