Lest We Forget

Afghanistan - 158 Canadian deaths.

Korea - 516 Canadian deaths.
WWII - 45,400 Canadian deaths.
WWI - 66,990 Canadian deaths.

The cost of war is unfathomable. Some might say that is the cost of freedom. I wonder how those who gave their lives for our freedom would feel about how quickly we are willing to give it up in the name of security.

Let us not forget the sacrifices that have been made to preserve our freedom.

In Flanders Fields
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If you break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders Fields
By Major John McCrae – (1872 - 1918)