Honoring Our Heroes in Uniform
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on November 5th, five families, accompanied by pipe and drum and color guard shuffled silently along a red carpet befitting the occasion. Taking their place at center ice own and Emily Wilson got to drop the park. Their dad would have been thrilled, but their dad was not there to see it. His absence and those of four others explains why the families were there in the first place. Five families who never thought the reality of the 11th hour of the 11th month would hit so close to home as it did for the Bulger family a little more than four months ago Afghanistan Zaharie District in Kandahar City have taught us that the losses of the conflicts of long ago are still possible and the heroics of our veterans in the world wars. Seeing them in uniform and hearing their stories combined to something that most of us just read about in the history books and didn't fully understand. But we do know Corporal Randy Pain, age 32 died April 22nd 2006. Warrant Officer Robert Wilson, age 37 Corporal Mark Robert McLaren, age 23 died december 5th 2008. Private Michael Freeman, age. 28 died December 26th 2008 and Corporal Nicholas Bulger, age 30 died july 3rd 2009. A roll call of heroes that has grown by 55 names to many are much more than simply names in the headlines. For some, those names represent friends no longer here, and the five families loved ones no longer coming home to celebrate Thanksgiving. More Christmas avoid were a father, a husband, a son once stood a child to whom you read a bedtime story or a Dan who calm your fear of the night. A partner who went to work in a job he loved that will never again say, Honey, I'm home, such as the reality from many who served both through the ages and present day, whose histories air tethered to various global conflicts with equally devastating results way more. We're also proud, proud of their commitment to country in times of conflict, regardless of political stripe or position. It takes bravery to serve, then carry on amidst physical and emotional scars. Likewise, it takes courage to move forward amidst the absence of one so loved to the veterans and the families of the fallen. We extend the vote of thanks and profound respect that pales in the shadow of the sacrifice, but with a prayer. But her pride is Canadians approaches the legacy that has earned our freedom and our strength as a nation, the legacy of honorable service but all too often ends an obituary. That's our legacy as a nation and as a community is our promise to all in uniform and their families to young and old and those no longer here our promise to always always remember.