Comments | filkerdave: Remembrance Day, and some artwork

filkerdave

Remembrance Day, and some artwork

Nov 12, 2006 11:02

Saturday was Remembrance Day here in Canada. Since I'm not often here, and we don't do quite the same ceremonies back in the US, I thought it would be good to go. Last night, I'd asked the hotel concierge where I could go for such. 11:00, he said, at the square right around the corner ( Read more... )

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redbird November 12 2006, 16:11:58 UTC

That personalized tour is cool.

If you have time, visit the Musee des Beaux Art, and look at their Inuit collection.

filkerdave November 12 2006, 22:46:56 UTC

I was there today, but that entire building is closed for the month of November. I'm a bit disappointed by that.

redbird November 12 2006, 22:48:53 UTC

That is annoying.

shana November 12 2006, 18:35:54 UTC

Ah, my most used French phrase "parlez plus lentement, s'il vous plait".

otherdeb November 12 2006, 19:28:26 UTC

Wow! I loved the paintingyou linked to...reminds me of an more modern Chagall (who I think is my favorite artist). I can really relate to it. I do like that the figures are a bit sharper than in a Chagall, but it still has that dreamlike quality. Thanks for turning me on to this artist.

filkerdave November 12 2006, 22:47:23 UTC

Glad to, glad to.

kallisti November 12 2006, 21:28:21 UTC

I personally can't recall a Rememberance Day that wasn't overcast. It suits the mood. In the past few years, attendance has increased at various events around the country and the world due to Canada's involvment in Afganistan. Another fairly new phenomena started in 2000, when the remains of a unidentified Canadian soldier, probably killed at Vimy Ridge in World War I, were selected from many to represent them all in an official Tomb of the Unknown Soldier here in Ottawa at the Cenotaph. After the usual ceremonies, people started removing their poppies, and leaving them on top of the grave.

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