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Subject: [Leica] Remembrance on Pender Island
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:47:41 +0100
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A lovely tradition.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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YNWA




On Nov 11, 2012, at 6:18 PM, H&E Cummer wrote:

> 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)
> 
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