Commentary
As we approach the 80th Remembrance Day since the end of World War II, it will be one of the last in which veterans of that war will be present at ceremonies. Once this living connection to the wars that forged modern Canada is lost, it will be our duty to carry on the legacy. If we fail to do so, our national identity as a people will be greatly weakened.
According to estimates from Veterans Affairs Canada, there are roughly 9,000 veterans of the Second World War and Korean War still alive in Canada. Representatives of this brave warrior generation were once a fixture at school Remembrance Day assemblies, but few remain to tell their tales, and historians are racing to collect their memories….