As the years pass, we become separated, by time, from the horrors, hardship and tumult of the First and Second World Wars and some of the wars and conflicts that came later.
But the passage of time doesn’t mean that we can forget what happened 75 years ago and 100 years ago. There are reminders all around us – from the history books we read in school and that we would do well to re-read now and again, to cenotaphs and memorials, to the poppies we wear each autumn. Members of the Royal Canadian Legion go to great lengths to try to ensure there is remembrance in their communities.
On Remembrance Day, any of us can find reasons to remember, and we should.
Here are some of the articles the News Bulletin has published this week leading up to Nov. 11:
#Nanaimo‘s legion halls decide to close on Remembrance Day as a COVID-19 precaution https://t.co/DnFmS7nurr
— Nanaimo Bulletin (@NanaimoBulletin) November 8, 2020
Campaign pushing to ensure people have their poppies by Remembrance Day https://t.co/73qqqrobtv
— Nanaimo Bulletin (@NanaimoBulletin) November 10, 2020
New exhibit at military museum in #Nanaimo dedicated to prisoners of war https://t.co/OzUR1LyzZj
— Nanaimo Bulletin (@NanaimoBulletin) November 10, 2020
#Nanaimo‘s other First World War ace remembered https://t.co/0bvlSp1GkO
— Nanaimo Bulletin (@NanaimoBulletin) November 9, 2020
Vancouver Island writer tells diverse stories from First World War in new book https://t.co/1RgDlHEe1Y
— Nanaimo Bulletin (@NanaimoBulletin) November 8, 2020
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