Photos new and old show how Canadians remember
Images of soldiers and ceremonies posted to Twitter hashtag #HowIRemember
Canadians used the hashtag #HowIRemember on Wednesday to post photos and documents from the wars of Canada's past, and to show how they remember now on this 2015 Remembrance Day.
Artur Wilczynski is Canada's ambassador to Norway.
Honoured to lay wreath on <a href="https://twitter.com/HMCSFredericton">@HMCSFredericton</a> earlier this year to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/remember?src=hash">#remember</a> the Battle of the Atlantic <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> <a href="https://t.co/OzT93Tu88a">pic.twitter.com/OzT93Tu88a</a>
—@ArturmaksRobert Little students pause today to reflect on the past and appreciate the present. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> <a href="https://t.co/qRhwNXULbc">pic.twitter.com/qRhwNXULbc</a>
—@MrsSMilneMy daughter on world war tour <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LestWeForget?src=hash">#LestWeForget</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RememberThem?src=hash">#RememberThem</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RemembranceDay2015?src=hash">#RemembranceDay2015</a> <a href="https://t.co/oddAJd2DAJ">pic.twitter.com/oddAJd2DAJ</a>
—@ldemolitorFelt urge to bring out my grandfather's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WW1?src=hash">#WW1</a> helmet. Bullet strike on rim. Can't imagine <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LestWeForget?src=hash">#LestWeForget</a> <a href="https://t.co/ICkkw0BpIv">pic.twitter.com/ICkkw0BpIv</a>
—@timsmith2000Remembering my grandfather & Veterans. Nov 11,2000 in Ottawa. Two years since he died.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RemembranceDay?src=hash">#RemembranceDay</a> <a href="https://t.co/pAMV9cF8Iv">pic.twitter.com/pAMV9cF8Iv</a>
—@CMUYEG<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> My great-uncle A.G. Fletcher died fighting in WWI - my dad <a href="https://twitter.com/ColonelFletcher">@ColonelFletcher</a> at the gravesite <a href="https://t.co/n0O1gPqtP0">pic.twitter.com/n0O1gPqtP0</a>
—@k_a_fletcherAlongside these modern-day images from cemeteries and cenotaphs were posted scans of photos and documents from Canada's wars, most from the great wars, but some much more recent.
<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LeastWeForget?src=hash">#LeastWeForget</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> A pic my loader took of me getting hasty orders over the radios at 5am for an attack. <a href="https://t.co/Izu9GDDBkl">pic.twitter.com/Izu9GDDBkl</a>
—@NewfiekayakerHonouring my Dad, Frank Bielecki who proudly served in the Allied Forces in the Polish Navy. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/howIremember?src=hash">#howIremember</a> <a href="https://t.co/SBeRfGLCYz">pic.twitter.com/SBeRfGLCYz</a>
—@gisforgloriaGrampy Taylor swapped a truck for motorcycle duty in Italy. One reason he came back from the war. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/howiremember?src=hash">#howiremember</a> <a href="https://t.co/lK2ci4K4i2">pic.twitter.com/lK2ci4K4i2</a>
—@prof_hobbitMy great grandfather who fought in WWI in the Newfoundland Regiment & (barely) survived Passchendaele <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> <a href="https://t.co/1xGdzPZW4J">pic.twitter.com/1xGdzPZW4J</a>
—@MichaelMaidment<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> -First Remembrance Day with him gone. Thanks to all who have served. We will remember.🇨🇦 <a href="https://twitter.com/CBCNews">@CBCNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/A3FZlP9IJ5">pic.twitter.com/A3FZlP9IJ5</a>
—@NurseSweetThis day is very important to my community as we remember our men who served our country. Thanks dad. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/howiremember?src=hash">#howiremember</a> <a href="https://t.co/kj1eu2WEMU">pic.twitter.com/kj1eu2WEMU</a>
—@keith_seklepPte Louis Peppin died at 19 in the Battle of Hong Kong, 1941. 1/2 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/metisveterans?src=hash">#metisveterans</a> <a href="https://t.co/Si8TAn7m7u">pic.twitter.com/Si8TAn7m7u</a>
—@rfilipponeIn 1945 my great grandmother got notice he died. She spent years hoping he was missing <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/metisveterans?src=hash">#metisveterans</a> <a href="https://t.co/thantYaoTE">pic.twitter.com/thantYaoTE</a>
—@rfilippone1.5 million Indian soldiers served during WWI, including my great grandfather. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LestWeForget?src=hash">#LestWeForget</a> <a href="https://t.co/w2RuwDgMKd">pic.twitter.com/w2RuwDgMKd</a>
—@NatashaFatahMy dad looks good in uniform <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LeastWeForget?src=hash">#LeastWeForget</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RememberThem?src=hash">#RememberThem</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWII?src=hash">#WWII</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> <a href="https://t.co/yFxyvuQ1q2">pic.twitter.com/yFxyvuQ1q2</a>
—@danperdue<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> my father Peter Jr. And his father and brothers so proud <a href="https://t.co/x56YkdbY5Z">pic.twitter.com/x56YkdbY5Z</a>
—@SharpeCathy