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Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowman ville, November 7,1990 5 - iltil Music at the Orono service was ment. 'Mfm !. . És| ■ rit WÈ Sponsored by Bowmanville Branch No. 178 Royal Canadian Legion Supporters of Meals On Wheels -- Wellesley Burn Centre Legion Service Work The Orono service on Sunday was organized by Le- Milnes of Orono United Church, both of whom are gionaire Sterling Mather, assisted by the Eev. Fred standng at the microphone, at right of the cenotaph. First Place Sen. Essay Winner This piece is for you-the soldier on the battlefield. You fought in World War I; you fought in World War II; you fought in the Korean conflict. You were sent off into on unknown world to fight for your country, but you weren't even old enough ,to vote. You were shipped away to a strange place for months, yet you hadn't even been away, without your parents, for more than a week at a time. You are the boy who became a man overnight. overnight. You went away to kill and to be killed, and you were told that all the killing ..at the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them. PRESTON MOVING & STORAGE LTD. <120 Baseline Rd. W., Box 1G0, Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3K9 G23-1-133 NOV. 11 If you can't remember.. THINK Blyleven - Stoter Insurance Brokerage Inc. Just east of Maple Grove Rd. on Highway No. 2 623-5300 was for peace and brotherhood. brotherhood. You are the man who slept in mud filled trenches, and who ate rotten food. You are the man who watched your buddy, three feet to your left, get shot in the chest and die as you sat there helpless. You are the man I want to thank. Thank-you for my freedom. freedom. Without your courage I wouldn't have a free life. You gave me something I can never fully repay you for. You gave your life for me, and I want you to know how wonderful it feels knowing knowing you cared so much. You had a family, people who loved you dearly, but ou sacrificed it all for me. ou went through hell to achieve your dream-your dream of a free Canada. I want for you to know who good it feels to wake up in the morning and watch the sunrise without seeing the •shadow of death or smelling the stench of blood in the air. How I wish you could share the joy with me. How cnn I ever repay you? It is a dark, cold November November 11th. The day starts off dull and dreary. There seems to bo no hope for sunshine. sunshine. Is that how you felt on that November 11th so long ngo?Woro you tired and hungry? Did you believe that the sun would never ye Yi come out and take away the darkness of war? Was your hope strong enough? I know that you were tired and hungry. hungry. I know that you believed believed that freedom would happen, and I know your hope was strong. I know this because I am free. Your belief, belief, your hope, and your strength is what made November November 11th a victorious day. You never gave up until it was finally over. You gave me my life and God took yours. Thank-you. As the trumpeter plays the last post, I feel the warmth, and I see the brightness of the sun. The sun is shining and casting shadows. I look toward the cenotaph and I see you. You are smiling; you are crying. I know I have repaid you by remembering. The people attending this service are wearing poppies. These poppies are for you. The tears I shed are for you. My smiles are for you. My thoughts are for you. I give you my remembrance. My name is Canada. My dream is for all Canadians to stand on the 11th hour of the 11th month to salute you-a true Canadian. Krista MacLeod Cornwall. Prince Edward Island Honor the Dead... Help the Living. Buy a Poppy... Wear It Proudly. A&R Floorcovering 113 King St. IE. Bowmanville G23-I233 Our Thoughts are with the Men and Women of the Canadian Armed Forces Now Serving in the Persian Gulf