Lowering the Flag
Last week a report was tabled making recommendations regarding protocol for lowering the flag on the Peace Tower at the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. I was surprised to learn that it has been lowered for many, many other reasons than just on Remembrance Day. Some of these I knew, but not all of them. I was pleased, however, that Parliament has decided to adopt recommendations with an even stricter limitation on when and for whom it should be done than those that were recommended:
Once only.
On November 11 only.
Only for our war dead from the armed forces.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Anything else dilutes the hallowed sanctity of their sacrifice and cheapens the ceremony.
Hats' off to the Parliamentarians who understood the real meaning of the Remembrance Day. November 11 is a day when the entire nation stops for a brief few moments to remember the great sacrifice our armed forces have made throughout our history, a sacrifice which helps to preserve our freedoms and protect the same for others throughout the world. It is not about the individual men and women who have given their lives. Indeed, we selection one mother who has lost a son to lay a wreath on behalf of all families who have given one of their children so that we may all live freely.
Peter Worthington has a great article about it on the Sun's website. Of note in the Sun article is the passage that the shows the usual suspects (ie. the NDP, Liberals and the Bloc) are up to their usual tawdry exploitation of the sacred and the painful. Way to go, Jackasses. As if you couldn't sink any lower.
Once only.
On November 11 only.
Only for our war dead from the armed forces.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Anything else dilutes the hallowed sanctity of their sacrifice and cheapens the ceremony.
Hats' off to the Parliamentarians who understood the real meaning of the Remembrance Day. November 11 is a day when the entire nation stops for a brief few moments to remember the great sacrifice our armed forces have made throughout our history, a sacrifice which helps to preserve our freedoms and protect the same for others throughout the world. It is not about the individual men and women who have given their lives. Indeed, we selection one mother who has lost a son to lay a wreath on behalf of all families who have given one of their children so that we may all live freely.
Peter Worthington has a great article about it on the Sun's website. Of note in the Sun article is the passage that the shows the usual suspects (ie. the NDP, Liberals and the Bloc) are up to their usual tawdry exploitation of the sacred and the painful. Way to go, Jackasses. As if you couldn't sink any lower.
posted by Louise at 9:04 am
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