to the program - Russell Legion Branch #372

The Royal Canadian Legion
Long, Twiname and Henderson
Memorial Branch 372
A Special Thanks to all the people and groups, without
whose assistance and participation, this ceremony would not
have been possible. Merci aux toutes personnes et groupes,
sans leur aide et leur participaction, cette cérémonie n’aurait
pas été possible.
Our Heritage
They tell us the twilight is falling,
Falling on heads turning grey,
That soon there will be no Remembrance,
Of warriors long gone away.
They say we romanticize killing,
That war is a curse and a blight.
Dear Father in Heaven,
They knew it! They knew it,
but still went to fight!
Perhaps it is twilight for Veterans.
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Remembrance Day Service
Cérémonie du Jour du Souvenir
November - 11- Novembre, 2013
SERVICE
Welcome/Bienvenue–M.C. Robin Chalmers
”O Canada” ---- Melissa Lapensee
Gov’t of/de Canada- L. Regimbal for P. Lemieux MP
Canadian Forces/les Forces Canadienne
-Brigadier General K. Cotten
Gov’t of/d’ Ontario- G. Bertrand for G. Crack MPP
Municipalité de Russell Township- Hon. Mayor J. P. St.Pierre
Scripture---Rev. Father Paul Nwaeze
Last Post/ Dernier Poste—Randy Bird
Pause (two Minutes of silence)
The Lament/ Lamentation---Bethany Bisaillon
Reveille—Randy Bird
Act of Remembrance/ Acte du Souvenir
Jim McCurdy & Mireille Schippers
Placing of Wreaths/Dépôt des Couronnes
The Menin Gate by Charles C. Hunter- TBA
Through the War- Michaela Hardy (ESC)
In Flanders Field – Sabrina Porteous (RHS)
Au Champ d'Honneur— Andrew Laplante (RHS)
Our Heritage -Gwendolynne Hamilton (STACHS)
Benediction---Rev. Father Paul Nwaeze
“God Save the Queen”--Melissa Lapensee
Closing Remarks & Invitation—Robin Chalmers
Public deposit of poppies at Cenotaph
Everyone is invited for light refreshments served in the upstairs hall
immediately following the ceremony. Vous êtes invité pour un léger
goûter servi dans la salle immediatement après la cérémonie.
Remembrance Day - Nov.11th, 2013 -, Jour du Souvenir
Parade Marshall.....CWO Keith P. Jones MMM CD. RCE
Honorary Parade Marshall...... Victor McAthy, Korean War Veteran
Parade form up...............10:00 a.m.
Parade departs...............10:15 a.m.
Service............................10:50 a.m.
Laying of Wreaths...........11:25 a.m.
Legion Hospitality............11:40 a.m.
Act of Remembrance
They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun,
and in the morning,
We will remember them.
L’Acte du souvenir
Ils ne vieilliront pas comme nous,
qui leur avons survécu.
Ils ne connaîtront jamais l’outrage
ni le poids des années.
Quand viendra l’heure du crépuscule
et celle de l’aurore,
Nous nous souviendrons d'eux.
Veterans and Members who have passed
on since the 2012 Remembrance Day
Robert Cutler,
Jack Savage,
Savage,
Angus Wilson,
Frank Thompson,
Thompson,
Beryl Kaine
Mervin Cashman
If any names were inadvertently omitted or misspelled, this was unintentional
We Will Remember Them
Russell and District
Comrades who paid the Supreme Sacrifice
1914-1918
G.A. Cochrane, A. Eadie, L. True, J. Peters, L. Miller, H. Turner,
G.W. Howes, D. McKnight, J. Stonier, R. Carkner, C.H. Blaney,
C. Fetterly, W. Fetterly, R. Brownlee
1939-1945
S. Long, G. Henderson, E. Twiname, E. Graham
Lest we forget
Flanders Field
Au Champ d'Honneur,
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow,
Between the crosses, row on row,
That marks their place, and in the sky,
The lark still bravely singing fly,
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
Au champ d'honneur,
les coquelicots
Sont parsemés de lot en lot
Auprès des croix; et dans l'espace
Les alouettes devenues lasses
Mêlent leurs chants au sifflement
Des obusiers.
We are the dead, short days ago,
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, And now
We lie in Flanders Fields.
Take up Our quarrel with the foe,
To You, from failing hands we throw,
The Torch be Yours to hold it high,
If Ye break faith with Us who die,
We shall not sleep,
though poppies grow,
In Flanders Fields.
Nous sommes morts,
Nous qui songions la veille encor'
À nos parents, à nos amis,.
C'est nous qui reposons ici,
Au champ d'honneur.
À vous jeunes désabusés,
À vous de porter l'oriflamme
Et de garder au fond de l'âme
Le goût de vivre en liberté.
Acceptez le défi, sinon.
Les coquelicots se faneront
Au champ d'honneur
Through the War
By : Michaela Hardy- grade 10, 2012
Ecole Secondaire de Casselman
The flowers red and black
They always manage to grow back
They grow where the ground is trampled
After the war just sampled.
The soldiers lay motionless
Their families full of stress
The tomb of the Unknown Soldier is where they will go
And with respect the Canadian flag is flying low.
The rivers painted red
Soldiers lying dead
The opposing side rejoicing
Singing, dancing and laughing.
The city of Mons was captured by the Canadian Forces on the final days of
WW1. Right up to the present a trumpeter sounds The Last Post every day at
the Menin Gate.
The Menin Gate
By Charles C. Hunter
(our local veteran from the Sicily, Italy and Europe campaigns, WWII)
1.Mons has been taken. Peace at last.
People rejoice, no longer forlorn
The killing of man is now in the past.
The men, long gone, will now return
2.The soldier stood waiting,
His face red streaked, covered in mud
For his wounds to be tended,
By doctors, gowns covered in blood
3.The silence was deafening,
Cause nobody had cheered.
It had lasted too long
For these men to be heard
4. Now fifty years later
He stood with his three sons,
At the Gate where it ended
With a trumpet’s Last Post, Not guns
The countries will pray for those dead
And their families can lie peacefully in their bed
Knowing their sons and daughters
Are missed by their mothers and fathers.
5.The be-medalled chests of these three men, 6.The price to the family had been high
Showed where they had served.
One son had come back
For a life that was free, for all of them
The father’s loss was his right eye,
With duty and honour, well deserved
A son, a leg in an enemy attack
To when will this world come together,
And form one big nation forever?
Why are there wars so big and strong?
With soldiers enduring the pain so long.
7.But the pride in them all,
Showed never a regret
They had answered the call
At their county’s request
Why does the sun rise?
For Canada with our allies,
Ready to fight for what is right,
With all are will and might.
On that glorious morning when one side will win
Killing our closest family and kin
But after the war has ended the dust will lay,
Upon the ground tortured, and I will say,
I pray for peace
8. They had returned to these places
On this day in November
With thoughts of many friends faces
Always to remember
9. Now scattered, each had chosen his own way.
Married, with children and a home of their own
But always gathering on Remembrance Day,
To pay homage to friends they had known.