Rememberance Day

[Canadiens1958]

May we take a moment to remember all the soldiers past and present, especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice, who fought for the cause of freedom.

Thank you.

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[Kyle McMahon]

Many hockey players risked and gave their lives in the two World Wars so that we could come here and talk about them decades down the road. May we salute their heroic sacrifice.

 

[yathehabsrule]

What Remembrance Day means to me.

Also has some hockey links related to the subject, including a mammoth list of those who served and in some cases gave the supreme sacrifice.

 

[golfortennis]

"To you from failing hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high."

Yes it is on the wall in the Canadiens locker room. But more importantly, it is from "In Flanders Fields" by Major John McCrae, 1915. Written after his friend was killed by an exploding shell.

A great poem that I am ashamed to say I only took interest in well after my school days.

Everything we enjoy today is thanks to the sacrifice they made. We must never forget that.