Friday, November 11, 2022

Remembrance Day, Manitoba, 1980

A person could buy milk and gasoline, but that was all. Remembrance Day in Manitoba, 1980, was incredibly quiet. The bustle of Ontario was a revelation.


Leonard Cohen reads In Flanders Fields here. Tony Hillerman was in Europe and remembers

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I do remember how quiet it was. And somewhat uncomfortable? Mennonites being mostly pacifist or COs meant that they didn’t know what to do about the day- to acknowledge it maybe felt like condoning war. It took years for me to figure out you can honour the dead, their sacrifices and work for peace

Whisky Prajer said...

I had great-uncles who fought right into Berlin -- and I was privy to the politics of that . They're all facing God now, so it hardly matters,but sheesh! One of them fought from Juno Beach right into Berlin and this day meant a lot to him, so it does to me, too.

Wise words. Thanks for weighing in.