07-01-2006, 03:02 AM
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: West central Illinois
Posts: 590,002
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Originally Posted by Steph
Today is Canada Day but Newfoundlanders tend to be more subdued because we lost a lot of men on July 1, 1916.
In Newfoundland, today is akin to Remembrance Day (but we also celebrate11/11/11).
My province lost 820 men that day. God bless France & Belgium for their respect for that day.
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Happy Canada Day and also God bless all those who gave there lives to help secure or preserve liberty.
Hat's off to our Canadian friends. |