Lest we forget

**Terry Searl** · 11th November 16, 04:01 PM

As a young fella' in Victoria, B.C. I had a job digging graves and I dug more than just a few at the DVA cemetery, in Esquimalt,
Most of the graves I dug were for veterans who were so badly wounded, burned or gassed that they were never able to go home and sadly they had mostly laid in hospital for many many years,
At their internment at the DVA cemetery there often was no one there except the cemetery maintenance staff, me, the driver of the hearse and the military Padre .......... these fella's were truly forgotten and it always made me tear up when the Padre, blessed them and laid a poppy on the casket before we lowered it into the ground.........Not just Lest we forget ....but please remember, not just today, but every day.... War really is a most horrible invention of mankind

**Rick Y** · 12th November 16, 12:22 AM

I went to Applebee's for their free Veteran's Day dinner. When they seated us they asked if any of us were veterans. When my BIL and I responded affirmatively they gave us each two Veteran's Day cards that had been created by hand by the younger grade school kids. One of mine read "Thank You! for protecting our country" and had little hearts drawn on it. The second card, written by a young lady named Shaelee, which had hand drawn hearts, stars, and a happy face, read "I hope you get well soon!" I thought that was wonderful and I hope that all the veterans out there who physically came home but are still having a hard time getting the rest of themselves back will, as Shaelee wrote, "get well soon!"