....And speaking of World War One, for Remembrance Day this year,
Canadian actor R.H. Thomson, along with many others, has organized the
Vigil.
Here's what it says on the Vigil website:
"At sunset November 4th through to sunrise November 11th, this site will
present a vigil commemorating the 68,000 Canadians who lost their lives
in WWI. The names of the 68,000 war dead will be projected over a week
of nights onto the National War Memorial in Ottawa, buildings in other
regions of Canada and onto the side of Canada House in Trafalgar Square
in London, England."
It seems that what they're going to do is project the names of the
Canadian war dead, one by one, on the side of Canada House in London,
England. Four hours later (I think), the same names will be projected
in some large outdoor venue in the Atlantic provinces, then one hour
later in Quebec and Ontario, and one hour later in Manitoba and
Saskatchewan, then one hour later in Alberta, and then one hour later in
British Columbia.
The idea is that our war dead were not brought home to Canada; they were
buried at or near the battlefieds in Europe. So, this project
symbolically "walks them home", time zone by time zone.
This starts on the night of November 4th (tomorrow) and continues each
night for a week until Remembrance Day on November 11th. You can check
out the Vigil in each location and time zone on the website:
http://1914-1918.ca/vigil.aspx?lang=en
Ed Wilson
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