They shall not grow old,
as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
We will remember them.
They shall not grow old,
as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
We will remember them.
In their enduring memory, we pass the torch of remembrance.
We shall remember them.
We will remember them.
My name is Bill Black,
I served in HMCS Cayuga in Korea
and I would like to encourage all the Veterans
and families of Veterans to phone,
contact a Veteran on 11 November.
We will remember them.
We will remember them.
I remember because I have been gifted
with so many incredible things.
I’ve been gifted with a country I am proud to call my home.
I’ve been gifted with a nation that is peaceful and secure.
And I’ve been gifted with a land,
an oasis, really, that is beyond beautiful.
I’ve been gifted those things by the generations of
Canadians who served our nation,
in Canada’s uniforms, through all of our history.
Those men, women who served, who stood tall
during the gas attacks in 1915, who stormed Vimy Ridge
and survived Passchendaele,
who then carried the maple leaf on their shoulder
proudly during the Battle of Britain, the Battle of the Atlantic,
and who stormed the beaches and the hills
of Dieppe and Normandy, and Sicily and Italy,
who fought on the frozen ground of Korea
and the blistering sands of Afghanistan
and who continue the service in worldwide deployments today.
I was gifted all of that by them,
a hundred and twenty thousand of them
who paid the ultimate price in service to our nation and to me.
They gave their tomorrow for my today.
That is why I remember.
We will remember them.
Thank you.
Speaking on behalf of the youth of Canada,
we know that the peaceful country we have today
was made possible by the courage
and sacrifice of all those who stepped forward
to defend freedom during the Second World War.
Today and always, we will remember those ordinary
Canadians who put their lives on the line
to do such extraordinary things.
We will remember them.