The North Grenville Times
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November 6, 2025
Vol. 13 No. 42
We will remember all of them
by David Shanahan
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Perhaps the most important aspect of Remembrance Day each year is that we remember them. Them, not the various battles and wars and incidents, but them, the ones who went from here and the ones who did not return again. This puts the responsibility on each generation to remember, to ensure that their community can remember clearly and accurately what and who have gone before. That is why, each year, the Times has published a special issue for Remembrance Day. By bringing to mind individuals, their stories, their pictures and their individuality, we can understand better what they did and why. For decades,
them. This year, given the fact that we are faced with the reality of war and death in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, and too many other places, we thought it might be worth changing the focus slightly. Wars affect people, not only on the front lines, but also on the home front: wives, parents, children, siblings, all those who live every day wondering if their loved one will be coming home. For some women, excluded from military life in days gone by, there was the option of serving in other capacities. And the most immediate service they could provide was as nurses, taking care of the wounded, both physically and mentally scarred by the experience of horror and death. In this issue, we look at
Remembrance Day was centred on emotional things, like the often-used poem, “In Flanders Fields”, with its threat that “If ye break faith with us who die, We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields”. Perhaps their sleep will be most peaceful if we can remember them and decide never to repeat their experiences again. Today, we remember the humanity of those who served, understanding, possibly better than ever before, the real cost to all who put their lives on the line. That is why they should be remembered: because they were just like us, came from our communities, knew our streets and country roads. Whether you agree, or disagree, with their going out to fight, we must remember
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some of the women, at home and abroad, who adapted their lives to the reality of war. Not all were from our community, but they represent Canadians and need to be remembered for what they gave, some of whom gave all. There are not too many occasions in the course of the year when history is brought home to so many of us; when our past can come alive and we honour and acknowledge out heritage. Remembrance Day is one of those times. This year, then, we remember them, the individuals who followed the way as they saw it before them, regardless of the cost. We will remember all of them.
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