Lest we forget.
It is Remembrance Day, a day marked in Canada every year on November 11th in commemoration for the more than 118,000 Canadians who have died in military service.
Dr. Michael Eamon is a Professor of History at Trent University and Principal of Catharine Parr Traill College says he believes it is still very important to stop and reflect.
Eamon says while war and major military conflicts are horrible, the First and Second World War both did a lot in solidifying Canada’s reputation on the international stage.
Remembrance Day was first observed in 1919 throughout the British Commonwealth. It was originally called “Armistice Day” to commemorate armistice agreement that ended the First World War on Monday, November 11th, 1918, at 11 a.m.—on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
(Written by: Jordan Mercier)