Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard, Nice photos of a grand tradition. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "H&E Cummer" <cummer at netvigator.com> To: lug at leica-users.org Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 11:18:23 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [Leica] Remembrance on Pender Island Hello Luggers, There is a lovely tradition of Remembrance on Pender Island. In the evening before Remembrance Day each soldier's grave in the Pender Island cemetery is illuminated by a candle and while a Piper plays people come to pay their respects to the fallen. Last night was cold (0 degrees C) and the Piper had to stop from time to time to warm his hands and the Pipes. Despite the cold people came and walked silently among the candle lit crosses under a clear brilliantly starry sky. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Remembrance/ http://tinyurl.com/acs7ahp A moment for reflection and to remember. I always think of my brother Franklin who was lost, at the age of 22, over Stuttgart, piloting the lead Lancaster of Canadian squadron 405 of Vancouver, in January of 1945. Thanks Frank. Howard (cold on Pender this Remembrance Day morning) _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information