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Post by peggs on May 30, 2016 22:21:19 GMT
Nothing says Memorial Day like a small town parade to honor those who have died for our freedom. Does Canada or the UK have such a day? Here a few photos from my favorite parade of the year: Marching bands! (do you have high school marching bands in your country?) Civil War reenactors! (I know you Brits have these. Canadians are just too nice to have fought amongst themselves ) Honoring those who helped us in our not-so-finest hour: Ya, we still remember that we kicked some British butt : This photo just sings: 'strike up the band, love, and let the show begin...' : Happy Memorial Day -or- Sunday everyone!
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Post by bimble on May 31, 2016 5:33:46 GMT
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Post by peggs on May 31, 2016 11:03:25 GMT
Most of the butts on both sides were British, no? Ha! Good point, bimble. We have Remembrance Day here in the US as well. It used to be called Armistice Day but is now called Veteran's Day and is barely remembered or honored anymore. Memorial Day on the other hand, honors all soldiers from all wars and is the unofficial beginning of the Summer season. Later in the day on Monday I saw more HUGE camper trailers (caravans) being pulled by equally HUGE pickup trucks than I've seen in a long while.
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Post by Suzi on May 31, 2016 12:30:36 GMT
Here is Canada ... like the Brits, we have Remembrance Day and it isn't a statutory holiday. No, Peggs .... as far as I know there are no marching bands in high schools; that's an American thing. I could never quite figure those out !! I always saw them as associated with American high school football which they make a HUGE deal over in the states. Canadian high schools have football teams but it isn't a town event by any means.
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Post by bimble on May 31, 2016 18:36:16 GMT
"Peggs: Memorial Day on the other hand, honors all soldiers from all wars"
As does Remembrance Day over here, even though it was originally for WW1
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Post by bimble on May 31, 2016 18:39:25 GMT
BTW, does anyone else think it's a bit strange/mad/sad/fuckin' stupid recreating old battles? When no-one gets hurt and everyone has a lovely day out except Bob who sprained his ankle and Jane who got a splinter. Proper weird types, I say!
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Post by donavan on May 31, 2016 19:27:16 GMT
Yes, I've witnessed them close up in the park camping in the woods and kicking stray footballs back to the kids and the big kids. But no more strange than us lot posting on here I suppose. It takes all kinds.
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Post by cicadashell on Jun 1, 2016 12:42:23 GMT
i'm going to go out on a limb here and say it's at least a little bit more strange that us lot posting on here. yes it takes all kinds but this particular practice exposes feelings about war that are darker, to say the least, than our chit-chat about music and alcohol and whatnot. everywhere there are persons who, in their heart of hearts, wish that certain famous conflicts had turned out differently; battle reenactments can encourage those persons in ways that aren't really productive, or at least give off what we used to call "bad vibes". last summer i read the novel "welcome to braggsville" (by t. geronimo johnson), which explored the issue in an interesting way. if you can handle mad post-modern writing it's worth a read.
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Post by donavan on Jun 1, 2016 12:56:39 GMT
I guess it depends on your experiences. The guys I've witnessed all look peaceable, nerdy types who look slightly bored and a bit embarrassed. I've come across more sinister stuff on online forums. I'm guessing there's a mix of all types of people taking part in all types of activities.
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Post by bimble on Jun 1, 2016 15:08:49 GMT
I've come across more sinister stuff on online forums. Yes, don, most of it posted by you.......
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Post by donavan on Jun 1, 2016 18:28:38 GMT
I've come across more sinister stuff on online forums. Yes, don, most of it posted by you....... Some, maybe.
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Post by bimble on Jun 1, 2016 19:43:43 GMT
Ooh, that's dark.........
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Post by donavan on Jun 1, 2016 20:04:05 GMT
I suppose you don't like Morris dancers either?
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Post by Finntrovertigo on Jun 1, 2016 21:48:39 GMT
Try checking out southpaws.com. Now that is some sinister stuff.
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Post by donavan on Jun 1, 2016 21:55:53 GMT
You can never trust a left-handed boxer.
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