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[morgaine_x]

I can hear the Royal Newfoundland Regiment band as they parade to the War Memorial.

All across the country, it's Canada Day.

Here, it's Memorial Day.

Beaumont Hamel and the RNR




My great-uncle was one of the few who came back.

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[anthrokeight.livejournal.com]

I don't know why, but local WWI histories like these make me so sad. Probably because I think the circumstances of the war was the most snowballing inevitable slide toward unnecessary war ever, and it was so terribly devastating. Also because this is a sorrowfully familiar narrative in regards to WWI stories. And, I don't doubt, because the cultural memory we have of it is built for melancholy.

This one got me the first time I heard about it:

http://www.siol-nan-gaidheal.com/iolaire.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iolaire

Is that photo of your great uncle?

[yaaresse.livejournal.com]

That picture is in remarkable shape. Which is your great-uncle?