What people in the US call Veterans Day is honored in Commonwealth countries as Remembrance Day—a celebration of the end of the First World War and a time to honor all who have served in the military across the years. We grieve that the “war to end all wars” didn’t, we remember those who gave their lives, and we hold in our hearts all who have served and sacrificed.
Who in particular are you holding in your heart this Remembrance Day?
A contingent of 18 parishioners will march today in the tiny Veterans’ Day Parade in our community. My thoughts will be on my Father, a veteran of WWII and Korea, who died in an Army airplane accident when I was 10 years old. He is my hero.
My grandfather, who was a veteran of the Korean War. He died of natural causes a few years ago.