Vancouver doesn't have Caanda Day fireworks this year. They're too broke and symphony of fire isn't for another month.
Canada Remembers
On Canada day we remember the sacrifices of all the brave men and women who have served, sacrificed and given their lives so that we may live in a free and democratic nation. We honor today as it also marks the 97th anniversary of the Battles of the Somme and Beaumont-Hamel.
On July 1, 1916, at Beaumont-Hamel, the men of the Newfoundland Regiment advanced over open ground into a relentless barrage of artillery and machine gun fire. Tragically, in less than half an hour, the Regiment
suffered tremendous casualties and the next day, only 68 of the approximately 800 men who went into battle would answer the roll call.
Lest we forget
Recessional
Recessional
By
Rudyard Kipling 1865–1936 Rudyard Kipling
1897
God of our fathers, known of old,
Lord of our far-flung battle-line,
Beneath whose awful Hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine—
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
The tumult and the shouting dies;
The Captains and the Kings depart:
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
Far-called, our navies melt away;
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
If, drunk with sight of power, we loose
Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe,
Such boastings as the Gentiles use,
Or lesser breeds without the Law—
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
For heathen heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard,
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And guarding, calls not Thee to guard,
For frantic boast and foolish word—
Thy mercy on Thy People, Lord!
