For those who may be unable to get to a cenotaph or any Remembrance Services. Today’s Military Blog gives you the opportunity to remember in the privacy of your home complete with Taps in its entirety.
The conductor of the orchestra is Andre Rieu from Holland .
The young lady Melissa Venema, age 13, is the trumpet soloist, also from Holland .
Her rendition of TAPS is amazingly beautiful ...
It's not often one gets to hear TAPS played in its entirety, here's an opportunity,
...guaranteed to be unforgettable.
N.B. The original version of TAPS was called The Last Post, and was written by Daniel Butterfield in 1801. As you will hear in this clip, it was rather lengthy and formal, so in 1862 it was shortened to 24 notes and re-named Taps. While Melissa Venema is playing it on a trumpet, the original was played on a bugle.
http://www.flixxy.com/trumpet-solo-melissa-venema.htm
The second musical composition is a very recent and moving song from Cold Lake Alberta.
Greetings fellow Canadians,
Remembrance Day is a time for Canadians to reflect on the sacrifice that all military personnel make for their country and citizens. For me, it is a time to remember my father, William Gylen Wallace, who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force for 25 years. He went on to further serve as a civil servant for 15 years, as the Manager of the Officers Club at CFB Cold Lake . Upon retirement, he volunteered as the president of the Royal Canadian Legion in Cold for an additional 10 years.
He did the best he could for his country, his family and his community. This dedication and devotion to the ideal that is Canada is a characteristic often found in our Canadian military personnel today.
So on Remembrance Day, I think of my father and all the men and women in the military who share his strength of character.
Please enjoy the Remembrance Day tribute I have posted on You Tube and forward it to your friends and family. I wrote the song 2 years ago after my father passed away. It is performed by Kate Floyd Mitchell and The Eggplant Band.
William Daryl Wallace
This moving Tribute sent to me by Chuck Simmons my first Platoon Leader all those years ago.
I found my eyes welling up. Millions, upon millions died. They should play this at the Cenotaph on 11 Nov.
Here's a clip of perhaps the most beautiful and moving song ever written about those lost in war.
It was written by a young guy in 1976 after walking through a WW I graveyard. He noticed the young age of one of the fallen and wrote this song speculating about what the soldier's life might have been like. What strikes me is the remarkable empathy that this guy had for a soldier lost nearly 60 years previously.
Of the 1.7 million graves from WW I in France , there are apparently 10 with the name William McBride.
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=iKYG2_OlNTQ&feature=related
Last but by no means least the Remembrance Day the PDF for this day from Patrick Buzzell a former Apprentice soldier
May we remember all of those who have paid the ultimate price, and their families.
Nil Sine Labore
Robby
